The Netherlands

Trip Start Apr 20, 2008
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Where I stayed
Raymond and Nicole's
(The Hague hotels)

Flag of Netherlands  , Zuid-Holland,
Sunday, September 28, 2008

I had made a huge mistake at Oktoberfest and that was to completely disregard the fact that my body needs water to survive, especially when drinking alcohol. I was so consumed by all the crazyiness and activity that all I was focused on was beer drinking and bratwurst eating. Which was fine until about 9pm when we walked back to the station and I got the worst headache of my life and was unable to function. As you can imagine to get accommodation in Muncih during Oktoberfest one must book like.. a year in advance. We solved the problem by getting on a 10pm overnight train to the Netherlands. We were eternally grateful that we had forked out an extra 15 euro to get a sleeper compartment and didn't have to share the normal carriage with other drunken hooligans many of which were vomiting!

We arrived in Den Haag the next morning feeling a little bit fragile. We were greeted by Nicole and Raymond (Dave's dad's cousin and his wife) After freshening up and lunch in the garden as is was an unseasonally warm day, we headed out in to Amsterdam, this time taking Nicole's new mini. We stopped in a neighbourhood where Dave's Grandma lived and where Dave's dad was born before heading right into the city. We had coffee and went on a canal cruise which was really nice. Nicole and Raymond insisted on paying for everything while we were there including taking us out for a lovely dinner at an Italian restaurant.

Apart from spending time with Dave's family we spent one day in Den Haag and one day in Amsterdam. Unfortunately the good weather disappeared and we walked around in the rain most of the time.
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