Blogs from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe - page 179

So after a yar of waiting to go I finally made it. I arrived about 5 hours earlier than my partner in crime. I headed straight to Mellow Yellow which was situated right next to our hotel, and smoked one of the biggest blunts I have ever seen. Rolled by yours truley it was a master piece. Cath arrived that night at 1am. We woke up got high and headed to the Heineken Factory, spent and hour or so there and then moved on to the Holland Casino. After totally fucking up the slot machines (we put coins in the slot instead of tokens) we heaed to Anne Franks house, which we didn't stop to have a look as the line was massive and we both hate waiting. We decided to head to the Red Light ... read more

We took again a night train towards Amsterdam now more used to the mechanic of sleeping on the train, I've sleep like a baby. We arrived to Amsterdam Centraal and decide to spent the night after two countries , one problem ,there was not a blody room on any hotel or hostel so after going to a hostel we've found on our guide the owner sent us to his brother hotel, mmmmm anothe experience for the blog after being walking for almost 2 hours with the backpack and asking for directions every five minutes we arrived to this scary "hotel" ; we arrived to a creepy bar (the reception) then this guy showed our room, a filty crappy room with old beds and a mirror with grafitti on it; but at this part of the travel ... read more

21st, 22nd and 23rd October 2005 Amsterdam, Netherlands. WARNING! CONTENT DOES INCLUDE SOME REFERENCES TO PROSTITUTION, NUDITY, ETC. Day 10 Leaving our lovely castle in the wee hours of the morning - indeed, before there was enough light to attempt more than a few half-hearted photos (what's the use in staying in a castle if you don't get to see it?) - we headed north across the border and into the gradually flatter plains of the Netherlands. I should mention here that while many people refer to the country as Holland, that’s actually just a region (or several provinces) in the central-western part of the land, and was never the name of the country. The true name is actually the 'Kingdom of the Netherlands', or Netherlands for short. The first stop was in a rural area ... read more

OCT 21st, 2005 Woohoo! I made it. Well at least almost half-way… Arun, I LOVE YA (hahaha wait ‘till the next part of my sentence before you have some kind of panic attack…) cause your recipe worked: 2 Gravols 1 hour before + at least 1 drink during flight = AMAZING! thanks as well to JF for your awesome email… it felt safer knowing that you were controlling & watching my plane take off!) So yeah, I have managed to overcome my fear of flying (about time!!!!); well ok I still don’t like take-off… but I manage to relax as soon as we’re up in the air. Anyway the flight to Amsterdam was very good… hardly any turbulence… the Italian guy sitting next to me wasn’t so entertaining nor was he too chatty… but I think ... read more

Another whirlwind stopover. Spent the night in a Christian hostel with the Boys and Girls Club of Poland... theres a first. I involentarily got to attend their meeting as well. They took over the lounge in the middle of my dinner. Didn't understand much of it but they had cool pictures. They also had a sing along in Polish. I laughed at how unbelievable this trip has been. Amsterdam was beautiful. I really didn't get to see much of it at all. Saw Anne Frank's house from outside. The end of October and there was still an hour line. I went into shops and admired their blue and white china. Thank goodness it was really expensive. My back was killing me at this point with all my stuff! One tiny glass ornament was 40 Euro. So ... read more