Day 29, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Day 29: Friday, December 25th, 2009
Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Today was just as hard as we knew it would be. After Dad died, I decided to spend that Christmas alone too and it was a horrid decision. Don't know why I thought it would be any different this year with Mom's passing. Thank you one and all for the emails, IM's and phone calls- they made the day bearable.

The only thing to report from this day is I said goodbye to the group this morning. Lauren & Teryn took a train to Belgium to their aunt's and the other 5 hopped on the bus to go back to London where they'll all depart in various ways to various places. I walk out to the bus to say goodbye to Enzo, hug Dave and Natasha one more time, and go inside. When I start walking down the hall to my room, it dawns on me that Natasha has the room key. I run back out and pound on the bus and as I get to the front door, it opens and Dave smiles and hands me the room key. It seems Natasha realized it at the same time.

I decide that my day at the hotel is going to be boring so I pay for an extra micro chip that goes into the remote control that will get you more channels. I look forward to a day of movies and relaxing. However, the extra channels this remote buys me are either in Dutch, or are porn. I wasn't feeling in the Dutch nor porn nor Dutch porn mood so I turn the TV off and watch SouthParkStudios.com all day. I also book a train ticket for the following day that will take me from Amsterdam to Paris where I'll meet up with my friend, Susan.

Merry Christmas!

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Comments

[Chris]

Dutch Christmas Porn?
Learn the lyrics to the Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas song in Dutch and do the voice and annoy the Dutch.