Escape Amsterdam

We arrived on Thursday morning ready to go after months of preperation and found our way to our hostel with only a minor blip!! One wrong train later and we got off at Centraal Station in the centre of Amsterdam!!

Our hostel, St.Christopher's was great. The staff were very friendly, it had a great bar, great food and the rooms were perfect …

... remarks here than we would if we were there. And, we've already started a list of things we'll miss when we leave Amsterdam. These include: 1. 20 roses for $2.50, a huge bunch of lilies for $3 and 100 tulips for under $10. 2. Great Belgian beers ...

... off that could be considered a wonder. And I can't find much joy in the fact that my bike has been nicked. Of course, in Amsterdam it's never a question of if, but when will your bike disappear. This time it was after only a couple of weeks, and I ...

... book went on sale at 1am and we should be waiting in the 'sea shop' as copies were limited. My preconceptions of Amsterdam was a city obsessed with sex and smoking weed. After being there for 4 hours Amsterdam definitely is obsessed with sex and ...

The second day in Amsterdam started with a cheeky lie in, which meant the bike tour I was planning on doing was postponed until tomorrow in favour of a canal tour. When I first arrived in town I headed to the largest park, the VondelPark, which was ...

... say that didn't quite happen...we got confused with bus numbers and managed to miss it. Our plan was to go to a church in Amsterdam that Roz's housemate's friend went to. We got there evetually after 2 bus journeys and a train ride but inevitably we were ...

... very chilly here and we have depleted our supply of  warm clothes. I dont know how much well want a sweatshirt that says, "Live the Amsterdam Way of Life"  or "100% Hemp" when we get back but right now we are just really cold. Hahaha. Well ...

... and terrific poetry to boot-luminous, lucid and rhythmically compelling-"and the only thing left is the moon." -John Sinclair Amsterdam May 8, 2006 © 2006 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved. Dave Brinks' Website * * * * * Okay, ...

... for viewing. The pieces, instead of locked away from the public, have been scattered throughout the rest of the galleries in the Netherlands (something they would alla be very happy about, but makes life hard for me). There is a couple on the way who ...

On The Road #17 A Column by John Sinclair (The Dolphins, Amsterdam, May 8, 2006)-I left New Orleans for The Netherlands two months ago, but the sights and sounds of the devastated Crescent City continue to reverberate in my heart and my ...

Thank god for the Argentines. Please save me from the Americans, Australians and the British! So Amsterdam has turned out to be just as I expected it. My opinion is slightly skewed because I'm staying in the red light district so things are bound to be ...