Holiday Inn Amsterdam - Schiphol

... in MSG - dat hangt af van mijn jetlag en of er nog kaarten zijn. Zou wel leuk zijn want dan heb ik aan het eind van de reis 15 Springsteen concerten gezien sinds 1993, waarvan acht keer in Nederland(3x Ahoy&#8217;, 2x Gelredome, 1x De Kuip, 1x Amsterdam Arena, 1x Pinkpop) en zevenmaal in het buitenland (Frankfurt, Santiago de Compostela en dus 4 à 5 keer in de VS).<br><br> En verder?<br>Zelfs ik wil wel iets meer dan Springsteen ...

... at about the halfway point of the tour and I really wanted to see them.<br><br>So after leaving the nature preserve, the bike path followed a train track for a while and then a motorway. And then it just dumped me off on a road and I kind of had to follow my intuition and the map. But I finally made it to the windmills! I was glad because my legs were starting to get tired and I was really sick of going into the wind (I&#8217;d be able to turn the other direction after the ...

... been Amsterdam's Chinatown, chilled out in Dam Square for a few minutes (VERY few!), and wandered back to the train station through the Red Light District (and "coffeehouse" area/). Only saw one lady definitively selling her "wares"---must pick up at night. Asked around to get the right train back to Schiphol, which I was only totally sure was the right one when we got there (Seoul subway seemed easier than Amsterdam trains and German was no help in deciphering Dutch ...

... by the looks on everyone's faces around me, smelt pretty strongly. I was happy for the first time in days that I can't breathe out my nose. Next a young guy showed us how they turn a fresh block of wood into a clog. He started off kind of shy before one of the girls called out to ask if he was single, and everyone laughed. He got his own back when he cut off a sliver from the nearly-shoe and said "would you like to touch my wood?" It takes 5 years to learn how to ...

... I could literally see the paint aging before my eyes as the throngs paraded by, each one taking a picture of their very own. Let me digress for a moment and talk about the use of flash photography in museums. I understand museums not wanting any pictures to be taken because if they say "pictures but with no flash," every tourist jackass out there is going to be snapping away because they can't figure out how to work their $500 camera and turn the flash off. Most of these ...

... It was well worth 7euros and showed us a different prespective of the city. After that we went for dinner at a restaurant near the concert hall where Olga and her family were going to hear a celebrated violinst play for the evening...seeing her grandparents from Moscow was excellent again! They are very sweet and gracious. We're so glad we came during fall for sure now, (even though it was the only time we ...

... bike' areas, our boat (all female!) led the way and saved the day and getting us all back to the dock!! 3.5hours later (instead of 1) we were back on dry land and ready to explore amsterdam! What did we do.... Shopped!! And bought kate ...

... to check out all the markets. Shopping. Terrible I know, but hey, how many times are you in London?? Exactly...only 4! Should be good fun. Once I get back to Scotland I am going to be going to a little music show in Glasgow that's part of their Celtic Connection music festival. No idea where I read about this, but I heard that there was a band called the Peatbog Faeries playing, so I instantly bought a ticket. Such a cool band, they play kind of ...