Hotel Des Indes The Hague

... hoogte te houden van onze avonturen is het ook een mooi middel om zelf nog eens na te genieten. Vooral de herinneringen van de weken in Japan zijn niet meer vers. Door alle indrukken in China lijkt het alsof Japan een andere vakantie was. De echte sterke verhalen zijn gelukkig niet nodig geweest, Er is niets misgegaan, we zijn niet in gevaarlijke situaties beland, we hebben geen enge ziektes of andere spannende dingen ...

... Amsterdam to see the Anne Frank House. It was really cool. The whole story makes so much more sense after you've seen it. The house itself was actually pretty hidden and was a lot larger than I had imagined (It still would have totally sucked sharing it w/ 8 people day in and day out). We did some shopping and stopped by the Sex Museum on our way back to the train station. Now THAT, is a messed up ...

... fries, and a milkshake for under 6 euro! I was very happy. We then took a stroll to the beach. We walked down the beach to this pier thing. We saw that they had a bungee jump off of it, I was super geared up to do it, but it was closed. I was very disappointed, but it saved me 60 euro. We then had to walk the whole way back to our hotel which almost took an hour. We hung out in the lobby and then had to pack up to get ready for Belgium tomorrow.

... des trucs comme "too expensive" et "disapointed". Je n'ai donc pas visité le musée. Je suis plutôt allée au musée de van Gogh. Vraiment, ça vaut la peine! C'est tellement beau! Tellement mieux en vrai! Et c'est bien fait en plus, les tableaux sont regroupés par dates et ils expliquent la vie de van Gogh une année à la fois. J'étais vraiment aux anges! Encore plus quand, alors que je m'apprêtais à quitter après avoir visité tous les étages du musée, un pianiste s'est mis à jouer. Concert ...

I had a pleasant train ride from Berlin to Amsterdam-a bit stressful at the end as I had to catch another train and our train was running a bit late. I made it somehow and I just followed the masses of people and sure enough got on the right one. Met a fellow American who was also traveling all over Europe. He had just graduated from USC and is going to law school at American University in DC. When I arrived at Central Station, I got a bit lost ...

So... we stayed in the Red Light District. For anyone who has ever been to Amsterdam, I think you get it. If you don't, you should head over and have a visit, because I can't really explain it to you. Take the craziest area of New York and multiply it by nine. Luckily, we had a local to show us around: we were reunited with Josie again! We hung out with her two nights and met some of her friends, while getting the insiders look into the pub and club scene. This venture ...

... around us. The food vendors right in the airport were tempting... we were traveling with suggestions from friends and family of tasty treats to try while in Amsterdam! Europeans sure have public transportation figured out! It was a breeze to find our train, hop on and relax for a few minutes on the way into Amsterdam's city centre. Centraal Station is a huge sprawling building with people coming and going from all directions. It ...

... in our mid-twenties thoroughly absorbed for pretty much all afternoon. Like giants we walked amongst the Amsterdam’s canals, Utrecht’s cathedral, railway bridges, windmills, a traffic-laden freeway and all manner of other features. Ravens perched on the roofs of parked cars and pecked at them like from some kind of horror movie, and a larger bird with long bandy legs and a generous wingspan flew in and came to land right on ...

... place which hosts a group of very different and interesting people : anarchists, vegans, vegetarians, squatters, hitch-hikers, Wwoofers (bio-organic farmers), animal-welfare activists, anti-globalists, green boys & girls, backpackers and many more. We just arrived too late for dinner, but since I knew about 25% of the 70 people that participated at this event, I had plenty of time to talk to them ...

... the guys suggested we try a restaurant on the north side of the train station. It stopped raining finally. The restaurant was a greek restaurant. The owners are Canadians from BC. Cheap food and good cold beer. The food was excellent and the owners sat at the table with us. They weren't very busy. They say there busy nights are Fri and Sat.