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... 25 hours), but luckily we had decently warm weather and the wind wasn't too crazy. We also sailed to Terschelling (one of the islands just North of mainland Holland) and stayed there for a week-long theater & music festival. Let's see if I can upload some pictures...

Anyway, the way it looks now is that I'll be going to Israel around July 12th (less than two weeks!). I'll keep you guys up to date!

... in search of paradise by learning Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke. I set out on my journey, my search for paradise, speaking not Aramaic but another obscure language, the modern liturgy of bliss spoken by the new apostles of the emerging science of happiness. I brush up on terms like "positive affect" and "hedonic adaptation." I carry no Bible, just a few Lonely Planet guides and a conviction that, as Henry Miller said, "One's destination is never a place, but a new ...

... I wanna sleep. My alarm on my phone (mp3 player) goes off in the middle of the day telling me its time to wake up. It's a trip. I guess the one thing I've found is that it is important to rest no matter what. I have also changed hotels since my last blog. I know, I was supposed to do the hostel thing but the idea of having my own toilet became more of a priority once I got here. Anyway, the last hotel was just too far away and more ...

... at the very first stand where I decide to try a beer, I start talking to the man behind the counter asking what they are (there are lambics, krieks, etc which I've never heard of), and one of the other customers decides to adopt me and give me a crash course in Belgian beer. He orders different beers for both of us so we can taste each others, so I end up tasting 12 beers (small glasses only so didn't get drunk). All the beers at the festival were made made by small-scale ...

... to pass buckets of water from the canals to put out the fire. The view from the tower was amazing and it was great to see the city and the canals from a different perspective. It had turned into a beautiful clear day and we felt very lucky when one of the fellows on the tour remarked that he had lived in Amsterdam for 10 years and never seen a day as good as this. Feeling quite thirsty after our climb, we found a little bar to have another beer. This time we tried Amstel ...

Okay, I have had a great time on this trip. Even though I've been sick, gotten sunburned, had a few bruises and blisters, it was a great experience. I've seen alot of things that I will probably never get to see again but......when do I get to go home? :) . I wasn't home sick until I got to Amsterdam. This place has beautiful old buildings and canals...and then you get to....the prostitutes, coffee shops, and pimp/ drug dealers... Get ...

... the distinctive smell of pot everywhere, the red light district wasn't all that different from any other touristy night spot. We had a few beers (quite a few) at a few different pubs before finally making our way back to the hotel at about 2am. The next day we slept in (and tried to sleep off that one too many beers we had) and then headed into town to check out the well known sights. First on the agenda, the Sex Museum. All I can say is - only in Amsterdam. It was ...

... Dutch Resistance Museum to see how my clog bearing hosts went about tripping up Hitlers efforts in WW II when suddenly the Heineken Museum popped up in front of me. In i went. Blaa bla history bla bla bareley bla bla hops. The beer tasting went exceptionally well. Got yakking to an Aussie couple who were on a comparatively luxurious Kontiki tour. They looked at me blankly when i told them what i was up to, and i still think they ...

... You can guess what that means: there's always some light snorers, one guy who sounds like he's sawing lumber, and the guy who breaks wind in his sleep so loud that he wakes himself up, and probably several others too (no kidding). Anyway, amongst that commotion, I still managed to get a decent nights sleep and make it up for breakfast this morning, which was very similar to the ones I've been having, meats, cheeses, bread, and some mueslix with ...

... Sinclair has never been a slave to popular culture. The former president of the University of Michigan Flint's film society 40-some years ago seldom sees movies. "They aren't making the old kind of Fellini, Goddard films, interesting movies about life." The last feature film he took in at a theater was Clint Eastwood's Bird, the 1988 Oscar-winning story on the life of jazz legend Charlie Parker. Turning to the crowd, a lively mix of kids, teens, college students ...