Prinsengracht Amsterdam

D-day is getting closer and closer. Coming Friday I leave from Amsterdam Airport to the USA. That is, if my fingerprints are no reason to stop me from boarding… In this blog the most important information:

ITINERARIES:
November 6: Flight Amsterdam – Newark
November 6-9: The Molly Pitcher Inn, Red Bank, New Jersey
November 9/10: Overnight Greyhound from NYC to Cleveland
November 10-12: Days ...

... as s**n as p*ssible. We had t* steal away, like theives, in the wee h*urs as n*t t* wake Carl* and incur the wrath *f the keef j*int but, in retr*spect, it may have beh**ved us t* stay. The exact why and wh**ef*re *f this statement shall bec*me largely apparant in my next bl*g entry as I will g* int* the trials and tribulati*ns we suff**ed while trying t* make it t* Ly*n via (*shudd***) Lille.

But that, my friends, is a st*ry f*r an*th** time.

... our way to our hotel, we got to see the city, canals, and tonnes of bikes. So cool. I also noticed how multi-cultural the city is. And there are so many ethnic restaurants - yum!

We had the whole day ahead of us (the benefits of the early morning flight), and decided to go to the van Gogh museum. The museum was excellent! Probably one of the best museums of the whole trip. The displays were set up as a ...

... way. The house itself was bare and there were plagues with information on the walls to read. It was eerie walking through the house and imagining the hardships that the family had to go through. I thought that they did a good job of keeping it simple and not over exploiting the opportunity to make money and commercialize a very serious event in world history. After touring all these museums I went to find my hostel. After maneuvering the small ...

... I went around. I took Friday off of work so we had a long weekend in amsterdam. here's the run-down: Friday: -Arrived in Hilversum around noon -Got to Amsterdam around 2 -Walked around the city; got familiar with its layout, and went to a theater performance in a park in the evening. Saturday: -Got to Amsterdam centraal at about noon -Did a tourist circuit: Van Gogh Museum, Rijks Museum, New Kirk Museum, Canal tour by Boat. -In the evening we went out to a ...

... for a big brekky of processed meats, bread, cheese and coffee (i've noticed a scarcity of fresh produce) which sustained me through the Reiksmuseum. Even though i'm not a big fan of the 17th century artists, there's something really special about standing a couple of feet from "The night watch". The flower market was another ...

Via Jenn: Last night we returned to Mestre (aka the Ghetto), failed to pay our train fare, used our train fare on bottles of wine to consume, and held a fabulous fashion show in our room to show off our new gear. Our flight to Amsterdam was at 6am which meant we had to get up at 3:30am to catch our 4am taxi to Marco Polo Airport. (I have been saying Marco! Polo!, Marco! Polo! in my head for days now). We have ...

... off the lathe and handed it to me! The cheese farm, it really is pretty simple to make a keep cheese. It was nothing like a tour though a cheese plant I did back in school. After the tour I meet up with some of my travel companions from the Busabout and walked the Red Light District. It is just so odd seeing the women in the doors, where hundreds of tourist ...

... state who put me on to a few regular jazz gigs here 'n there. · Thomas Street is spozeta be the hapnin' place now, with dozens of dope and prostitution arrests, police lockdowns, people like Bobby Rush playing at clubs on that street. North side. Sounds like you want to walk fast to your car afterward. · Blues joint: Blue Worm. "It's on Airways between Park and Lamar. Heading south on Airways it's on the right just 100 yards ...

... but this time around, seeing the Leidseplein area for the very first time there, and sampling the best Indonesian food I have ever eaten at a local restaurant there (including food I ate in Indonesia later on in life!) were fresh experiences for sure. Another bonus was being able to see the improvisational evening comedy show at the Boom Chicago theatre, which had a few spectators rolling in ...