Nicolaas Witsen Amsterdam

... fries. It was actually really good and the waitress was totally cool! We asked her what a fun place to go to would be and she suggested some place in Shiesesplein. After eating we walked next door to a bar and had some beers. After the beers we left and started looking for this place. I honestly think we walked the whole town, we were everywhere! We stopped at another bar and asked some locals where would be some ...

... Gulden (Dutch currency pre-Euro) that the Nazis were quick to smash the strike. Slowly but surely, everyone returned to work-back to the factories and trams. Yes, the strike wasn’t actually a success; however, it was the first action against the mistreatment of Jews performed by non-Jews. However noble the strike was, it definitely changed things-suddenly the Nazis didn’t view the Dutch as “basically Germans” and ...

... crowd on the streets...boats stuck together in water traffic jams!

The May month is passing by quickly! Cannot believe I have been back in Holland for 3,5 months already. Beneficio seems far away and yet not. So I was very pleased to hear that Barry wanted to come and visit me! This brings beneficio/Orgiva near again. Great to see him. Luckily for me he spend 2 weeks at my place, helping me with the van as well. But in between we did other things as well, even ...

... airport transfer" service though the hostel/hotel which was a lady and her van type car to take us to the airport. It was good, she could navigate traffic and I got to see the city (which was a pretty city) one last time on the way. At the airport, Noni got upset for paying lots in excess baggage but I'm not really sure why it was such a shock when she had warned me about excess baggage.... Anyway, my tummy was hurty so I kept quiet and had a bit of a rest on the short plane ...

... Already a couple girls from Eastern Europe will be checking it out with me. Yay boat parade! I still need to book my train ticket form here to Brussels. I'm plannign to do it Sunday or Monday. Monday will likely be my touristy day. I'm thinking I'll take one of those free tours again, like in Paris. They even pick you up from this hostel. Woo! Anyway, it's rather late and I need to be up on-time tomorrow so I can be ready to go to the parade. -Justen

... I noticed that my nose was longer stuffy - perhaps all the second-hand pot smoke in town has cleared my sinuses?

A couple of German girls dining next to me struck up a conversation, asking about the location of an internet cafe. I usually have to make the effort to talk to beautiful European women, so it was a nice change! Too bad it isn't this easy in Spain ... Anyway, both girls are from Hamburg, but one now lives in Holland ...

... build these huge bridges and flood gates to prevent it happening again. It was nice, but not really worth stopping in, maybe if it was summer. We were going to have a look around Rotterdam, but it just looked like it was going to be a big modern city, and well, we have seen those. So we stopped in at Delft, where they make a special type of porcelain, called well Delft wear. Nice little town worth a wander if you are in the area. Then the tulips had to ...

... inside was like walking into a popular bar on a Friday night, loud music, people everywhere and being Amsterdam, the air full of smoke. The group all ended up having to split up into various rooms being the weekend at a popular hostel, there was a limited amount of room even though we had made reservations a month earlier. For me it really didn't matter where I ended up in that hostel as long as I could get a hot shower and a good night ...

... and go for Thai food. Turns out the place we go is the same as when I was here 3 years ago..didnt remember that until we actually entered the place. The red light is as nice as I remembered..lots of Brits on Stag parties. I guess the thing is to have the Bachelor dress up in some ridiculous costume..like the guy in the green "bathing" suit. See pics. Also saw some guys jump into the canal which is much like going into ...

... in discovering and first recording Wilbert Harrison, Buster Brown, and Lee Dorsey. Sehorn also cut the brilliant Bobby Marchan recording of Big Jay McNeely's "There Is Something on Your Mind" and several early-'60s Elmore James classics like "Done Somebody Wrong" and "Pickin' the Blues." R&B fanatic Red Kelly filed the following Sehorn report at http://redkelly.blogspot.com/ Sehorn was one of the last true ...