De Korenaer Amsterdam

6:25 a.m.

words cannot describe seeing cities at night from thousand and thousands of feet in the air.

the orange street lights, white house lights... they look like spots of water on spiderwebs, or mandelas on fire. they look like crop circles, like humming crop circles, burning in ancient ...

It's 10:30am and we're on a train heading towards Amsterdam, the last stop in our "The Seam up the Middle of Europe" tour. We're excited but also sadden a little that our trip is slowly coming to an end.

Arrival into Amsterdam came without a hitch. We exited the train station and jumped onto a tram. I of course picked the worse seat possible and couldn't see much of anything outside the windows. Before I carry on here, I want to let you all know that ...

... isn't helpful).　 Finding a proper place to smoke some legal pot wasn't any different.　 We tried a place that appeared to be a cut above some of the others--- well designed (glassed in fish pond in the floor, well furnished), clean and humorous droopy-eyed photos of celebrities like Burt Reynolds, Luke Perry (how old is that one?), the usual pot heads (Snoop, Cyprus Hill, The Game, et al) and-- strangely enough- Fran Drescher (yes, of The Nanny.)　 Should have known ...

... for him.

That will bring the population of latinos (mexicans) in America to about 190,000,000.

America's total population right now is 304,000,000.

If Obama gets his way, America will be 50% mexican, 5% somolian, 20% black, 3% Asian....

12% White...

12% White..

Black obama's goal!

Mexicans, somolians are all on Government welfare...they love the US Government and will vote for Obama so they will continue to get ...

Today I woke up early (about 5:30) and read my Sunday School lesson. I knew I wasn't going to church, so that was the least I could do. I really miss church and everyone there, well, I just miss everyone at home. Anyway, I went back to sleep and slept until almost 9:00 (unheard for me as my family and friends will tell you). We then got up, had breakfast, got ready and took off for Amsterdam. Today we rode a train. This one was a ...

Up early this morning, Thomas and I watched the local fishermen empty their nets of the overnight catch of eels - very interesting technique with the boats anchored in the river and the nets on booms from the side. Drove out of Germany and into the Netherlands. Went to our targeted campsite (identified on the 'net from home), but didn't like the look of the sites left - just ...

... and cows. There is such a great bike culture there and felt really safe the whole time. Brisbane really needs to get its ass into gear and get more bike lanes and get people out of cars. haven't missed driving a bit since we've been here, public transport is really great - that being said i haven't been unlucky enough yet to get stuck on a Tube and be late for work or have to walk through the tunnel... touch wood! We headed home nice and exhausted ...

On Saturday we all hopped a four hour train to Amsterdam and spent the day shopping for souvenirs and checking out the sites. We made it to the Anne Frank house but unfortunately didn't get to see the Van Gogh museum. We found a "bagels and beans" and ate our first European bagels. Yum! Later that night we walked through the Red Light District and giggled ...

... and catch. We got to Harglingen, and the train that runs to the harbour, quit running. So, we had to get on a bus, but of course missed the ferry that goes directly to the island. We waited 2.5 hours until the next ferry came. We wandered into town and played a little music on the streets, took some photos, and waited for the next ferry.

... and Anna-Marie downing about 1 litre of water each.... And then being herded into a room where we were to wait for the flight, only to be told it was delayed. As you can imagine, the water filled up my bladder fairly quickly and there were no damn toilets!!! Had to go back through the check in part. Anyways, the flight to Cape Town was great - loads of empty seats and the scran was really good - plus the free maltesers / twix were a great addition!