Ibis Den Haag City Centre Rotterdam

Wow, okay, its been a while, but I've been crazy busy (As anyone who has seen my FB comments knows). But this is just a quick send off. I can't believe its been 8 weeks already, but I'm leaving Leiden today. Last night we had a fantastic night at my Law professor's house with him an his family. Yesterday I sent my luggage on to Vienna, that was ...

... time and we were a little lost. We asked a policeman how to get to the Erasmusburg, which is the hospital here in town, and our hostel is supposed to be right across from that. He gave us good directions and we found it easily. When we were walking there though, we happened upon a street with green carpet (like a red carpet) rolled out on all the sidewalks for about 3 blocks. They were setting up for some kind of festival that looked like it ...

... from the regular weiner in a bun and finished our ride about 45 minutes later. We boarded back onto the train and headed straight to Copenhagen. Over all it was an adventure and in the end of it, a ton of fun. I had arrived in Copenhagen, it was 10:00pm and didn't even have a map of the city which I usally get from the Tourist info in the stations. There I was walking the streets, praying that someone knew where I was staying. Some random guy from some bar patio asked ...

... Couchsurfing is so good for meeting people, tommy hooked up a beer date for us both with a local girl named didi. She had a spare hour before she started work so we went for a pint at one of the little bars down the road from her house, which was situated on the top a little cafe. She was cool, spoke the lingo, understood everything we said, and she gave us a few tips on what to do in the evening. She had an orange ...

Finally the tradeshow started. Everything went good except for the delivery of the Internet, it was really slow. Besides that, we manage ok. In the evening we had the stand dinner, we went to a restaurant by the Red Light district. It was a nice dinner but went home pretty early. We need ot work during the weekend... :(

... a l'arriere, rack, sonette (essentiel!!!), lumiere avant et arriere, 3 vitesses, la chaine est protegee pour ne pas salir les pantalons (quelle merveille!) etc. Et puis se promener a velo est tres "cool"! Hier soir j'ai voulu me raser la tete (oui oui j'avais traine mon clipper) mais j'avais oublie que le courant est 220 volts! haha! Vous auriez du entendre ce bruit infernal!! Mon clipper a presque explose! Finalement je suis ...

We made it to Amsterdam without any trouble. We didn't get much sleep, but we did make a new friend of Lucas and his mother. Lucas just turned 2 recently and wasn't really interested in sleeping. :| He and his mother live in Iowa, but were on their way to Norway to visit her parents. We did enjoy the "back of the seat" movie screens. We watched a movie called "The Breach" about a Russian spy caught just prior to 9/11. Very good movie. I also finished my ...

Amsterdam was OK but I think I was expecting something different. I shouldn't have been too surprised, I guess, but I did find it to be very touristy. If prostitution and pot where legal in the USA I wonder what would happen to the economy of Amsterdam? A large number of American tourists here...by far the most I have seen so far on my trip with the exception, I guess, of when I was actually in the United States ...

... area - or town square. The streets are still bare, as few people are out yet. We find a bakery and grab some wonderful pastries and a drink, and continue walking up a canal. We're told "old Delft" is just up the street. Unlike Rotterdam with it's new modern buildings, Delft seems to be left out of the "contemporary" world. Which keeps this beautiful town a tourist destination.We headed over to the town square, getting lost along the way. Dads are starting ...

... to look after Erwin” she replied. It was quickly agreed. “Ok, we’ve got to keep ourselves together and get through this. Let’s just get to the airport.” Erwin attempted to stand, his legs as shaky as a newly born foal, leaning on the table for support. Cutlery and serviettes went flying, cups and saucers rattled noisily and his chair tipped over and crashed to the ground. So much for making an inconspicuous get-away ...