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Monday, 14 May 2007
Amsterdam! Wow, wow, unbelievably f*&^ing wow! Sure there are canals and old buildings, but by the time we reached Amsterdam we were a little building'd out. There were only a few missions to tick off the list, but by no means was two days going to be enough time to get around and fully immerse ourselves in the town. One bit of useless trivia, back in the day they wanted to dam the river amster, they did, setup a town and, whammo! Amsterdam is born.
Anyways, as the title states, we all know the town is famous for various things, notably, liberal approach to certain drugs, prostitution, cyclists and of course, waterways and old buildings. So, if you don't want to read about anything involving the above fore-mentioned, then we are well and enjoying ourselves. Stay tuned for the Berlin post in a few days. Otherwise, prepare to be taken through the magical town...Amsterdam.
Well everything they tell you is true. You can smoke pot in coffee shops and some bars, you can shop for sex in the red light district, and there are indeed more bikes here than people, kinda like us with our sheep :)
It wasn't long before we found our first coffee shop. What an experience, and the coffee in most places wasn't too bad. On the Saturday we meet up with an American couple to do a bar crawl. This was nuts. Every stereotype under the sun, all with mostly one thing in their mind – getting 110% muted. The crawl organisers were more than happy to assist, with a mix of vodka and red food colouring poured into our mouths at every new bar, and two euro beers.
After hours on the bar crawl, we bailed to go and see what all the fuss was about this red light district thing. Well, I can tell you that everything they tell you, everything you've seen on TV, well
forget it! This place has to be seen to believed. One thing though, never take photos of the window workers. Rumor has it, that if you do, they press a button, then out come the big dudes, and, Whammo! They've got ya. It would work out cheaper to go in for a closer look rather than the prospect of having to shell out for a new camera – not to say less painful.
There is also a ton of history in this town, and we did manage to get out and appreciate it. We visited the Anne Frank House and the Van Gogh Museum. Both worth a look for their significance.
If you get a chance, also check out Boom Chicago – a live improv comedy act.
Needless to say there is a lot to do in this wonderful wee city, so much so that we will return for another round at some stage.
Next stop on the list...Berlin!
Labels: Travel
posted by Tim @ 5:19 pm,
1 Comments:
- At 26 May 2007 at 11:58 am,
Unknown said... -
Dear me, no postings for a week you must be having way too much German beer! Sounds like you're having a great trip. News from home David Bain has been freed after the Privy Council in London squashed his conviction, Current moral panic rages on Boy racers and well not much really - slow news week. Everyone is well back at work (you know that 4 letter word). Nathan continues to jaunt all over Canada, Rebecca is in Oz for the weekend and I bought another house:) I'll pop back later and see if you've remembered to write something worthy of making those of us marooned on the Antipodes slightly jealous! Cheers Sharyn
