Firstly, Amsterdam is amazing... We arrived on Tueday morning after a 22+ hour flight from Sydney, which was quite eventless apart from seeing an Australian air-force jet fly-by somewhere over central NSW. Tuesday, we spent the day walking around and trying to get our bearings in this place. It's a wonderful place, full of old buildings and architecture from another time. It's very european, yet very multicultral. There is a blend of Dutch, Moroccan, African, German, Turkish, Afgans and more, which makes for interesting food choices and conversations. Our first night in a Hostel was actually quite good - the other two guys in our room are Aussies, so we all went out together on Tuesday night. For a tuesday night, it was by no means quiet. Tuesday night - we went to the red light
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