Beach Hotel Zandvoort

... I was looking at all the shells and stuff on the ground as I walked. When I finally looked up and around, I noticed that the section of teh beach that I was on was much less crowded. Looking ahead of me, I noticed a naked guy, probably about 70 years old, comong out of the water. Sweet. The more I looked around I realised I was surrounded by nudity. Then I realised I ...

second day in amsterdam, started the day of with a canal cruise, this was really good got to see many things that you just doné see from just walking around. spent the rest of the day exploring the city once again. At 5 we all met up again for the Heiniken tour, this was cool ...

... weird. After our very, VERY leisurely stroll we ventured into a smart shop. Those of you who have read our first blog (or visited Amsterdam yourselves) would know that smart shops are the place to legally buy magic mushrooms in Amsterdam, but since they are now illegal (which nearly made me cry when I found out) they circumvent the law by selling magic truffles and herbal pills. We purchased a packet of each. I'm told that the herbal pills are similar to that which ...

... there when we arrived, but the kids enjoyed some of the exhibits. There was an area to make a giant bubble around yourself. A few things to climb. Some sensory exhibits. The highlight for me was a demonstration of a live and fairly complicated Rube Goldberg "machine". We had tried doing one of these ourselves at home a couple months ago and failed miserably, so I think the kids were impressed by one that worked (with ...

... a full kitchen to cook breakfast (groceries provided) and a house computer and printer. The woman that runs it was super helpful as well, marking everything on a map for us so we were sure not to miss anything! We headed over to Mike's Bike Tour's set out to depart at 11am in front of the Rickhts Museum. The bike tour was great! It took us to the outskirts of Amsterdam where we to go to a cheese and clog factory. We were shown how ...

So we arrived in Amsterdam Centraal late evening yesterday. We were staying with my friend Chris at his apartment here. So earlier he gave us instructions on how to get to his place....easy breezy- one straight tram ride. First impression of Amsterdam: gorgeous and charming city with A LOT of bicycles. Seriously a very pretty city. So that night we basically just went with Chris to get some food for our few days here and just ...

... remember how to ski?! France here we come... Oh before I forget: Queen's Day is coming up again! 30th of April. Anybody out there (in Holland or elsewhere) wanting to have a great day in Amsterdam, dressed in orange, beer, live music and lots of fun! Let me know! I will still have this place, so you will have a place to sleep! Adrien, will you be coming over to see your friend again? Could meet up! Talk to you all later! Big Hug from me and my couch surfing cat (she's still around)

... there are more bikes than people in Amsterdam. They have great road systems for the cyclists - however some drivers aren't very patient with the cyclists - we saw some close calls. So we walked back to Centraal station then on the train to the airport. Olly was off to Maastricht to catch up with one of his friends - so he went off to find his train. Once again no queues at ...

... their room cuz of the fire... :S. So we drop our stuff and go out and have a walk. All I can say is: WOW! Amsterdam is great! Everywhere we went it was supper busy: the streets are packed, taxis and bikes everywhere, trams... Almost too much to take in... We were a bit puckish, so we decided to stop at FEBO, where you essentially eat out of a wall. Yes, everything there is fried, but, like Gen would say : c'est bon dan' yeulle! LOL We continued ...

Read more stories and see photos at Adventures of a GoodMan Before heading back to Amsterdam to meet up with Brent and Larry, Ned and I headed up to Haarlem to explore the city. After waiting out a rain storm and wandering around for a bit we began to discuss how we had not seen a single black person on our trip thus far. Well, mere moments after finishing this conversation we enter the town square and see a mob of families ...