Hostel Amsterdam

... of jahhaj for our paris blog... we were beaten by the ridiculous french keyboard and time limits... We are now in Amsterdam!! :) there were lots of australians on the 10 hour bus ride. holly earnt herself a reputation for sleeping... all is good ...

... very lively and everyone was just walking around. We ended up just bar hopping after that and then headed back to our hostel. Today was our last day in Amsterdam. We decided to go our separate ways this morning so we could get some alone time. I ended up ...

... Stupid airport ripped me off. Had I bought Burger King, it would have been a better deal. I thought I had read that our hostel in Amsterdam offered airport pick-up. We spent 20 minutes trying to find a phone to call them. We were told to start with ...

... canals. Our walk took us to this big ship looking museum, and we watched the sun going down over the Amsterdam skyline. Absolutely beautiful. We walked back to the hostel then to get ready to go out. When we got back to the hostel, we met this girl ...

... when I got on the train. And now I am just on my way back to lille.. very tired and am looking forward to my "Lille" home/room.. can only handle a hostel for so long.. and can only handle Amsterdam for so long. I think my next adventure will be ...

... group this weekend was me, Vanessa, Chris, Audrey, and then we met Anthony, Noel, Zach and Ben at the hostel once they got into Amsterdam.   The plan was to celebrate my birthday Friday night by going out dancing at a club which we had picked ...

... entre tanta voragine y a tomar un te de menta fresca y descansar. Me la pase barbaro ahi, escuchando jazz, mirando limados pasar. Amsterdam es una ciudad preciosa, super pintoresca, no es solo joda de noche y coffee shops, tiene mucho arte, mucha vida. ...

... ultimately our hostel. On the way back, we stopped at a place called Febo, which is a famous fast-food chain in Amsterdam, renowned for its vending machine containing burgers and various deep-fried goods. We got a cheese 'souffle' purely to have partaken ...

... know that your probably very jealous right now Aunt Deanne), which was very cool. We also went to Rembrandt's House and saw the I amsterdam sign, get it, I AMasterdam...I guess it's a big touristy thing. Because it was so good, we went back to the Pancake ...

... . We had enough red light district for one night so we headed out of the area and walked around our hostel for the remainder of the night.  Amsterdam is known for three main things: their coffee shops, legal prostitution, and the fact that everyone ...

... praças e monumentos grandiosos, Amsterdam tem ruas estreitas e canais lindissimos. O dia seguinte fizemos o Freetours de Amsterdam, é coordenado por estudantes e "totalmente" gratuito para os participantes. Nos encontramos na Ceentral Station e fomos ...

Wow, that was absolutely an amazing weekend! Amsterdam was nothing like what i expected. I had always gotten the impression that the city was really sketchy and kind of dirty, but I didn't feel that way at all!  All the buildings are SO cute, ...

... some rather funny and kitsch displays! Another interesting fact i learnt is that despite having the red light district and prostitution being legal, Amsterdam has only one strip club! So, you can see live sex and girls in windows, but if you want a lap ...

... was so glad to see him.  He is still as funny as ever!  After Martin left, Tina & I took a canal boat tour of Amsterdam.  It was pretty enjoyable, but it was pretty cold out too, which put a damper on it.  One thing we learned is ...

... , as he continues his journey, and we wander the streets of Amsterdam again. There are so many bikes, canals, prostitutes and cats in Amsterdam. Nearly every  shop has a cat just hanging out inside with all the customers. One of the shops has a sign ...

Got to Amsterdam about 5 in the afternoon and shared a cab to my hostel, which was in the red light district (rather than the Busabout drop off point which was further away from the city). Got showered and dressed and met some others to walk back to ...

... hearty of laughs and said the most truthful words ever spoken: "Carlo, you're fucknig CRAZY!" Now, unfortunately, my second day in Amsterdam was cut brutally short at 6 pm as the sandman arrived, armed to the teeth by my copious smoking, and took me off ...

... to five grams of marijuana at any given time. Contrary to many beliefs, smoking marijuana is still illegal, but just tolerated in Amsterdam. Magic mushrooms are also legal, but it must be fresh. Mushrooms are very potent here and can get you into trouble ...

... Weekend in Amsterdam!             So for my first travel weekend I ventured to Amsterdam which is about a 2-3 hour trip from where I'm living in Well.  On the way there, we got the scenic tour ...