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... the main attractions were massive. Tried going to see Anne Frank’s house, the line up was around the street!! I didn’t bother, but from those who did decide to hang around… the wait was an hour. Instead I went to the Van Gough museum, to reinforce my opinion that I don’t like paintings… even if they are by famous people – give me a fancy building or sculpture, it must be the engineer inside!

Dinner was ...

... thinking, the Eurostar would be the best & quickest way to get there, but it was only going to get me there at 7:30pm… for £225!! EasyJet on the other hand gets me there just before 4pm for only £108, practically the same time as what the tour group will get to Amsterdam – done!

On the plus side I now have all the time in the world to make my way to Gatwick airport, and my passport will get a stamp from the Netherlands instead of another French one :-)

Got ...

... is my favorite painting from the Rembrandt collection. At around 4pm we took a train from Central Station to Naarden Bussum, which is the nearest train station to the village of Huizen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huizen) where my sister lives. Abito, my brother in law, picked us up from the train station. THANKS BOER IN LAW :o) Michelle and I had dinner with the whole family ...

... a fair share of different cheeses during my stay here. I think my next step may be ice cream. Or maybe space cakes, which of course are much more easily accessible. On the meat front, I have in fact twice accidentally bought and eaten meat (once was lamb in a soup that the cashier must have gotten mixed up with my actual order) and once was.. I want to say it was chicken in my spring roll, but in fact I'm not sure, because it was such a sketchy Thai food ...

... From Central station ahead to Rotterdam station need spend 15mins arrival. Then need took Metro ahead to "Blaak" station to get off. Once you exit from the station then you able to see the "Kijk kubus". This area the house outlook design is very special and look alike "dice". We have took some photos here and later already night time. From there we went back railway central to visit Sexmuseum and red light district which located at central city.

... out there for a while, absorbing the guys' great wisdom. The young guy who worked there said "the farm" is a separate shop because coffee shops are prohibited from selling the goods and seeds in the same place. They interestingly complained about how their government is getting so lame and strict. One of the guys said that the government is enacting a new law in 2010 so that coffee shops cannot be less than 500m from a school ...

... down town to the walle . I must say it wasnt a pleasurefull experiance but really mind blowing. It might have been the muffins kicking in. As we were making our way back to the stasion the muffins kicked in ..it was really weird feeling and a brisk walk seemed impossible. I greeted my fiends and bought a ticket bck to weesp. By this time i really had to fokus to understand what was happening around me . i arrived safely in weesp but was smack bang in the middel ...

I've been in Amsterdam for 5 days now, resting, sightseeing, experimenting with drugs, and working hard typing this travel blog about 5 WPM for me, so i hope whoever reads it enjoys it, not like the cretton that rated it with a 1 star F U whoever you are! Well.... where can i start? I'll get the painfull (not) bit out the way first; the so friendly local beauty never replied to my texts... so It's been a fairly lonely weekend of mayhem ...

... not a square inch of the inner city here that doesn't have a load of people around it. I wandered into a really nice park called Vondelpark. There's trees, water, and grass, and a lot of people were out enjoying the day. Afterwards, I made my way to the Anne Frank House, which is the actual house that contained the Secret Annex. You get to walk through the rooms that the 8 people lived in ...

... mp3) Art: My Streets, My City Chiellerie Galerie, Wed-Sun 14:00-18:00, until 2 November. Most of the work in My Streets, My City is by artists who express themselves on walls rather than on canvas. All the contributors are either Dutch, French or Belgian, and the common theme is that they all use urban life as the backdrop to their creations. So, if you thought the picture-postcard vistas of most cities in this country couldn't inspire urban angst, then take a look at ...