Omega Hotel Amsterdam

... so we
had about an hour to burn. While we were hanging out at dam square we
noticed a whole bunch of police rushing for a department store
entrance. We slowly made our way into the store to find out what was
going on. Apparently some guy was tripping on some sort of drug and he
was yelling and screaming and it took about 5 police officers to
restrain him. He was just going crazy. After the police ...

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So we started walking toward the Red Light District because everyone says that you have to at least see it, and they were right! It’s so surreal, there are actually girls just standing behind widowed doors just trying to get customers. If someone likes one of the girls they walk through the door and then a curtain is drawn so as to show that she’s taken. I did not realize it was going to be so in your ...

... tolerance of the Netherlands. Other highlights from my trip included visiting the Vondelpark, getting my shopping on a the Albert Cuyp Market, seeing Rembrandt’s works in the Rijksmuseum, and visiting the Anne Frank Huis. I could easily write much more about this lovely city, but I know you’re aching to know what I had to eat, so far be it from me to disappoint, let me give you the scoop on Dutch food.

Food Files… ...

... the Berlin Central Station we wandered around the huge complex looking for someone...anyone who could speak english. We tried calling our couch surfing host, but got no answer (turns out she gave us the wrong number). We managed (with lots of hand gestures and a combination of languages) to figure out where we were going. We made it to Marion's (our Berlin couch surfing host) appartment. It was a bit sketchy walking down ...

... but Amsterdam was fantastic. Bikers are the thing to worry about... watch yourself, because just walking down the sidewalk is a feat in itself. You might get killed. The verdict: One of the coolest places we've ever been, and we WILL be re-visiting. PS - I'm posting a video that explains what eventually happened to the toe that I ruined on a bike in Ireland. It is ONLY FOR THOSE PEOPLE WITH A STRONG STOMACH, AND THERE IS A VERY BAD BUT VERY WARRANTED CURSE WORD IN IT.

... where they cut, polish and grade diamonds from around the world. A really interesting demonstration, and actually holding some of the jewellery worth many many thousands of Euros was a buzz! First black mark next to my name, I'm afraid, because I'm not quite the sheep our tour guide was hoping he'd get! We walked past the Anne Frank haus, and myself and two New Zealanders were really keen to go inside - I mean, how often ...

... of windmills in Zaan Schanse and a clog making factory, we have settled in the small town of Ermelo near a very good wind surfing place 'best in Europe' so the very chatty camp site owner tells us. We don't mind, it is 10 euros for a night, electricity, water, showers and unlimited Internet! We think we will stay in Holland for another night and then head into Germany for a little while. Thanks for all the emails, nice to hear what you are all up too.

Well in keeping with the theme this was a sleep deprived drug related trip to Amsterdam. Okay so the drug in question happens to be entirely legal and the sleep deprivation was due to working all night, but still if you edit it like I did in the first sentence it sounds like a great trip. This is whatI like to call tabloid editing. Antonia (a work colleague) and I did manage to have one ...

... going to the grocery and eating the most wonderful food in vodel park just up the road. we are falling in love with amsterdam all over again, and i am relizing once again why i love me some amsterdam and europe in general. no pooh in the streets to dodge, nobody asking me for $ or food or anything! no honking of horns! a quiet city, i forgot there was such a thing. clean, did i mention how clean it is here. we are rocking the night away on the boat and we wake tomorrow to take ...

... born, and by the end of the year they had formed Sansu Enterprises and its outlets: Sansu and Deesu Records, Mar-Saint and Tou-Sea publishing companies. The way I heard it, the name comes from an inside studio musicians' joke. Allen's nickname around town when he was coming up had been 'two cents,' a play on his last name. They figured that with all the hits he was having lately, they'd better start calling him 'five cents ...