Amsterdam Condo

First we got rid of the condo. Then the cars. Then the jobs. Join us, Bryan and Gizem, as we travel around the world, mostly on our bicycles. We are hoping that one day our paths will cross with yours. Take a look at our preliminery itinerary below. We ...

our view view from our friends' London condo...

... , the key to the apartment, the address to the apartment, and the ability to speak the language.  Although, here in Amsterdam, the likelihood of someone speaking English is pretty high.  Luckily, Conrad made his way back safely.  We made it ...

... up, and got a taxi to the cruise ship. It was a wild ride, he must have learned to drive by maneuvering a bicycle on Amsterdam streets. I was glad to get out even though I wasn’t convinced we were at our cruise ship. We checked in, got some lunch, ...

... and settle down a bit. Unfortunately the travel has had a HUGE impact on our savings account so we'll be busy looking for a condo in the city but I wonder if we'll be able to afford anything other than renting a studio apartment (maybe Joey will take a ...

... a cheap hotel in a good part of town. Now, when I say "cheap" what I should really say is "cheap for Amsterdam", considering each night's stay killed our entire daily budget, before we did anything else, including eat. It was worth it though, considering ...

... for leaving tomorrow to head back to LAX, I can't figure out what to do with this chunk of hash I got here in Amsterdam. I'm a lightweight and not much of a consumer of anythng mind-altering. I didnt even drink the bottle of wine that Wim & ...

So. It is three in the morning here in lovely Amsterdam and I cannot sleep. This may be due to the fact that I fell asleep at seven or, and much more likely, because with three other people in the room it has become a furnace of boiling body heat. I swear ...

... . It is ran and powered by the cables on top of the tram and its really technologically retarded. Sorry really politically incorrect but Amsterdam! Less weed more progress come on!! Even the cab drivers are shady- one offered a buddy of mine cocaine, they ...

... book approach, I just drifted along with everyone else which brought me into an area of canals and boats, very reminiscent of Amsterdam. This was a comment which I heard repeated by several other tourists as I walked along the canal lined with trees and ...

... plan B!  We ride around the North Island and back across the Sydney Harbour Bridge again and over through Kings Cross (Little Amsterdam – wouldn’t want to be hanging out there at night with little ones!).  Made our way back to Star ...