Eva's Apartment Service Amsterdam

Ah yes, the ever popular bikes of Amsterdam. The Dutch love to hit tourists with bikes here - it's commonly joked to be the 'national sport'. Hence why in tour groups, the leader teaches you to understand when she yells "FIETSEN!" as a bike is surely going to mangle someone.

But seriously folks, you gotta watch the freak out while crossing roads here, let me tell you. I was nearly killed by a tram the other night - you ...

... with four guys I had just met--two of them worked at the hostel, the other two were guests--and drive into the city of Leiden on a weed-procurement expedition. [I bought five grams of White Widow, a very potent type of weed, for all of 32 euro (a damn good deal). That would be enough weed to get me absolutely high out of my mind...along with about 40 of my closest friends. I ended up selling two grams of it because I knew I'd never smoke it all.] It started raining. Sideways. (Again ...

... a couple drinks, then i headed off to do my tourist thing. On the way home I got distracted by a movie theater, and so - didnt get home until midnight. By then, Orhan was going crazy!!! I still am not sure what he was actually on, but I got there and he was stumbling around drunk, walking into doorways. I was a little bit scared cuz no one else was there, but i thought he was an ok guy, and I thought savannah was on her way there. Besides ...

Tuesday, June 16




We awoke and as we were getting ready,
I asked Sandy if she had the 3 day tram passes. She informed me that
I was carrying them and a search ensued. I looked everywhere and
finally gave up, thinking that when I took cash out of my pocket at
the Spui cafe yesterday, that the tickets must have fallen out. Not
a good start for a seasoned traveler. We took the tram to the Van ...

... at least I think so...since the eardrum blew everybody sounds like they are under six feet of water. I quickly learn that almost nobody in Amsterdam is from amsterdam...oddly enough. I wolf down the croissant and gulp down the tea....it burns all the way down, before my throat has a chance to respond I take a long drag off a lucky strike, raise my collar against the morning chill and steal off into the empty labyrinth of the famous redlight district ...

... genever (similar to gin but an older recipe than gin was then based on) and many liqueurs. The tour was really interesting. Matt enjoyed trying to learn to flair with bottles as the Bols liqueur bottles have been specifically designed to make it easier for bartenders to flair with. Then we enjoyed our free cocktails which we had chosen from the many choices available. There are 38 different liqueur flavours let alone the genevers. We were then informed that we were allowed to ...

... actual plants that fed them. Six plants, nine butterflies and two beetles were named after her. When she was 52 she undertook, with one daughter, a several month-long sea voyage to Surinam, to observe the flora and fauna and to collect specimens. Surinam was a Dutch colony, where wealth was built on slave labor. African slaves helped her collect and grow the insects she recorded-one black woman returned with her to Amsterdam, after ...

... The next morning I got up and headed out for a walk around I found Anne Frank's house which is one of the most popular attractions in Amsterdam and then after lunch I headed over to the train station to meet my parents who were flying from Australia. I didn't know if I would find them as Central train station is quite large but as I went to check the exhange rate I found them. I helüped them back the hotel and after they had freshen up we headed off ...

... and it worked on our room or what. All they said was sorry, so we thought we were at risk for getting our stuff stolen. Josh barricaded the door and the next morning we went to reception with the intentions of checking out. This is where we learned that the receptionist was trying to open a room for someone and got the wrong room. They apologized and we accepted. It was quite the scare and we were cautious after that.

... best. It might have given me some insight into my guitar playing, in terms of the rhythm aspect. What was the atmosphere like at Cosimo Matassa's studio? It sounds like you guys were having a lot of fun! No doubt, no doubt! I mean, I caught myself as a young guy, 14 or 15 years old, man, playing with some of the most stellar guys in New Orleans, people that I was in awe of! Here I am in the studio with these guys, people ...