The Streets of Amsterdam

By: Hailey Turner
If you think streets in Chicago are bad you're wrong! It's really difficult to try and get 45 students plus 5 leaders across the streets of Amsterdam. We have to have very detailed procedure on how to cross a single street. Walking on a sidewalk to a street we must walk in two's. We have to walk beside a partner and walk behind the two in front of us. This lets other people walk on the sidewalk too. Coming up to a street we must stop and led by Harry our manager, and get in sixes. Pedestrians do not have the right of way here, so we must wait. Unlike the cross walks in America these have red and green people for stopping and going. Instead of counting down these tick.Then Harry takes the two first rows of six across the first part of the street.There are multiple sections of a street with sidewalks in between them. There's a section for cars, bikes, and trams. We basically have to run across the street in order not to be hit. Some times our group will get separated when trying to cross a street because the crosswalk lights do not stay green for very long. Some of the sidewalks are so skinny we have to walk in a single file line. Our procedures are hard but we are getting the hang of it. Just know how to watch out for trams, cars, and lots of bicycles. The streets of Amsterdam can be horrendous!!!