Amsterdam Park9

Okay, picture this: you are walking along the beach, your eyes shielded from the sunlight that is washed over your entire body, your hair flowing in the ocean breeze. You're wearing your favorite tank top and the most practical pair of pants, so light that when a wave washed over you it would dry in an instant. Got it...is that in your mind. Okay now picture: you getting on a plane and going to the NORTH POLE! Alright, the ...

sorrz this is a few days late... the internet in amsterdam and berlin would not post this...



I'd like to apologise on behalf of jahhaj for our paris blog... we

were beaten by the ridiculous french keyboard and time limits...



We are now in Amsterdam!! :) there were lots of australians on the 10

hour bus ride. holly earnt herself a reputation for ...

... arrived at the Hostel I was tired, beat down, hungry and in desperate need of sleep. I was also, Ben informed me, about 5 hours too early for Check-in. With a resolute "****" we dropped off our packs to go spend the afternoon in London.

Now, apparently, London sucks. When we left the hostel to see the tower of London it was a calm and warm summer morning. In the 20 minutes it took for us to get there, however, it had turned into a ...

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My partner and I love to travel and have been on many memorable treks to throughout the world. We knew that the first part of 2009 would be hectic for both of us, so it was important to have a major trip on our calendar to keep us going through the long winter nights. Moreover, we needed to go somewhere spectacular to celebrate my partner's 50th ...

Off to Amsterdam for a weekend of fun. We went with Beth and Adam, Andrea and D'Andre. We took the early ferry over and drove in. We were planning to stop at Keukenhof on the way but put it off until our trip back because we hit a bit of traffic and were running late. We had a blast in Amsterdam. The weather was ...

Arrive Amsterdam at 00:00. Checked in to hostel, and then went around the town centre to check it all out. Sadly all the coffee shops were shut, so that had to wait till tomorrow. We saw the red light district too, that was hot. Straight to a coffee shop the next day for a real nice smoke. We acquired some makeshift poles, got to a campsite and erected our tent. Unfortuantely it rained, fairly heavily and our excuse for a tent ...

... orientation (yes, orientation) that ended with "who's ready to paaaaarty?!", and a guy pouring vodka in our mouth from a makeshift giant water bottle. Happy birthday Jenn! What followed was probably the classiest evening - which included 5 bars, fire-breathing bartenders, dancing on stage to 2Pac and 50 Cent, and Jenn getting having words with a group of biking Dutch fellas about the local popularity of singer ...

... were all art-ed out, we went out for dinner. The little guide book we got from the walking tour suggested food places. One suggestion was an authentic Mexican restaurant. We were so happy to have Mexican food it wasn´t even funny. Chips and salsa, chicken tacos, so good! The walking tour company also puts on a pub crawl that runs 6 nights a week. We had been on this company´s pub crawl in Edinburgh, Munich, and Berlin, so we knew they were good times. This one was the biggest one ...

... the day walking around and checking out a few more sites before we get our train that will take us to the ship liner that will be taking us across to London overnight. We'll be spending the day in London waiting to board our plane at 5:30pm London time. We'll be arriving home around 8:30pm eastern time, so I will probably miss yet another hockey game. Unfortunately, my SENS have had a tough start to the Finals, but hopefully Saturday night they can ...

... early, about 12:30, and went home the next morning. I have been doing a whole lot of nothing since I got back. Actually, I think that I am becoming a professional homework procrastinator. I should be doing a lot of things, but instead I re-name all my photos, and rearrange them into new files. I write long rambling emails to people, and I generally fool around on the Internet, looking at hockey stats and standings. That is my week in a nutshell. This coming weekend ...