Hello.  Well we just returned from a one day visit to Amsterdam.  We took it easy friday night because we had to get up early on saturday.  We ate our first really nice dinner in Maastricht at a place called Edd's (eat, drink, and dance).  I had a veal cutlet appetizer and then some sort of pork dish for my main course.  It was so good and as a part of the three course meal i also got some homemade chocolate gelato.  After a nice evening we left for Amsterdam around 930 on saturday morning.  When we arrived we were somewhat rushed because we were trying to meet some more friends from our group here in Maastricht.  We ended up arriving at the Heineken factory a little late so we missed them, but we caught up to them later in the tour.  In the Heineken factory we got to see the process and all the ingredients they used in production.  They had all sorts of interactive programs and lots of information on the history of their marketing schemes.  Afterwards, we ate a late lunch at a little cafe across the street.  The hamburgers weren't amazing, but like so many places in the Netherlands their french fries were the bomb!  We went on an hour and half canal tour of the city.  There is so much beautiful architecture in the city and so much history.  After the tour we spent a little while looking around and some people ate some pizza before the pub crawl, i was still full from lunch though.  The pub crawl was alot of fun and we went to several bars around amsterdam.  The fun time sorta fell apart around 3 in the morning when we realized our master plan had one enormous flaw: what were we going to do from 3 in the morning till the train at 7?  After a walk through the red light district( probably the weirdest place ive ever been!) we tried to find someplace to sleep.  We ended up getting to an egyptian restaurant and ate some food before heading to the train station.  We finally got the train and were home by 1100.  Everyone slept all day and we are planning on heading to our favorite bar in Maastricht, The Shamrock.