I'll start off by saying that today I went to Amsterdam. I went with a friend and we had two goals: visi
t the Anne Frank house and see Rembrandts at the Rijks Museum. We accomplished both our goals so it was a successful day. The Anne Frank House was interesting. I must have read Anne Frank's Diary at least 25 times. So, for me, seeing the actual Annex was very interesting. I have to admit, though, that it was a little disappointing. It was not nearly as small as I had imagined. But, I guess that's the way life is: Sometimes the fantasy in your head is better than the reality. I didn't take any pictures inside the Annex because no one else was and also because it seeemed like it would be disrespectful somehow. The tour through the house starts with a brief history of the Holocaust and then you wind your way behind the bookcase/door 
and up to the Annex. It has VERY steep stairs. You go through all the different rooms and then out the back to see the view that they saw of Amsterdam from the Secret Annex. Overall, the tour is very brief and I'm not sure if I would actually recommend doing it. This is odd for me to say, because I typically believe that you should do everything that is offered to you, but there was something creepy about the Anne Frank House. I think it was knowing that in the rooms we were walking through, an innocent Jewish family had been betrayed, and Nazis had actually walked into the rooms we were in and deported them to concentration camps. I think that my friend and I completed the entire tour in under 30 minutes. So, what is my final opinion on this museum? What do I think? I think everyone should read Anne Frank's diary.
t the Anne Frank house and see Rembrandts at the Rijks Museum. We accomplished both our goals so it was a successful day. The Anne Frank House was interesting. I must have read Anne Frank's Diary at least 25 times. So, for me, seeing the actual Annex was very interesting. I have to admit, though, that it was a little disappointing. It was not nearly as small as I had imagined. But, I guess that's the way life is: Sometimes the fantasy in your head is better than the reality. I didn't take any pictures inside the Annex because no one else was and also because it seeemed like it would be disrespectful somehow. The tour through the house starts with a brief history of the Holocaust and then you wind your way behind the bookcase/door 
and up to the Annex. It has VERY steep stairs. You go through all the different rooms and then out the back to see the view that they saw of Amsterdam from the Secret Annex. Overall, the tour is very brief and I'm not sure if I would actually recommend doing it. This is odd for me to say, because I typically believe that you should do everything that is offered to you, but there was something creepy about the Anne Frank House. I think it was knowing that in the rooms we were walking through, an innocent Jewish family had been betrayed, and Nazis had actually walked into the rooms we were in and deported them to concentration camps. I think that my friend and I completed the entire tour in under 30 minutes. So, what is my final opinion on this museum? What do I think? I think everyone should read Anne Frank's diary. 