Multatuli Hotel Amsterdam

... like to send b. a pic of his father's alma mater.

last day with feeling. blew WAY too many euro on museums (especially considering the rijksmuseum had 75% of closed for renovations and was still 11 euro, no student discount, the tulippy *******s) but still-- worth it. i think i'd feel weird skipping a city's museum, and weird sending postcards not purchased from a gift shop. van ...

... there were no speakers, so I couldn’t hear the recorded narration. And the top was covered so I couldn’t see all around like the inside cabin (it had windows on the top). I didn’t realize this until after we’d started, and there weren’t any empty seats inside anymore. So I just stayed in the back and continued being in a bad mood.

When the canal boat got back, I went and found the bike rental place, rented a bike, and headed on my way to ...

... same row. Lucky for me a gentle klm assistent at the gate switched our seat reservations. Since a lot of people cancelled their seat, we ended up sitting with 2 in a row of 4 seats. After 2 hours, Eli came sitting in our row and we started chatting. For some reason I attract people who have some decent things to say. So we had a vivid conversation about work, play, home, life, internet, mac, microsoft, google, ...

... of 5x10 stone blocks each a head stone with a number and maybe a name or coat of arms. Anyone important was entombed in the church. Sometimes whole families were put in one tomb under one stone. When they ran out of floor space they started burying the bodies outside. Earlier Karla saw her first Dutch windmill and so we set off to examine it. Most Dutch windmills are not functioning any more but they are left up and usually preserved by a foundation. In the North there is a ...

... sell Guinness for example are avoided by the locals as they are aimed at the British market thus more expensive all round, English breakfasts are offered everywhere you go. When we did robs tour after dinner the British boys were already in force and singing football chants with good humour. Our guide told us to be out of the area by midnight and we could understand why, it was busy, bellies full of beer and pent up excitement. Its about 50euros for 15mins ...

... and spare bed) and kitchen and bathroom. Its not too bad and we are really close to all the central things.We walked and searched to find a Europe on a Shoestring guide book for an hour or so until we found an all English Waterstones.Bought a 'large' (or obelex or some dutch) size chips each... way way way too much. Probably could have done with half each... not even Law ...

... hostel hall-way. Laughing for over an hour about everything and nothing :) - The Springs^Dubai 23:00 in the evening. My going away party, all the people that had been important to me in Dubai were there - it made me feel so happy seeing everybody there together :) - Outside Lhasa^Airport. When riding on the bus into Tibet I felt a sense of being at home. When the bus drove by a pond where literally thousands little duckies were swimming I couldn't stop dropping ...