Jean Urban (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} moonlight114) wrote,@ 2007-12-29 01:32:00 |
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Ah....
I am sitting here at the bar in my Hostel that I am staying at. Travis is sitting at the bar chatting with one of the people we met. We have mainly just done a lot of walking, taking things in. WE have gone to see a couple movies and we have gone to the Rijks museum. That is where they house a large rembrandt collection of paintings. It was neat.
In the next couple of days we plan to hit the Van Gogh museum and Anne Frank's houdout place... I would spell out what it is actually called, but dutch is hard to read, speak and remember how to spelling the words is just not possible.
Most people speak english here, so getting around has been fairly easy. I feel guilty though, that I dont speaek thier language, I cant even say thank you in dutch, I am a horrible person, typical American. But I do make sure that I say a lot of please and thank yous and pardon mes...
We are looking into going to Paris and Berlin. We will finalize those plans tomorrow. I am excited to have a better memory of Paris than I have from a previous trip. I am excited to go to the Louvre and see the Eiffel Tower again. But I am especially excited to sit at a nice little cafe and drink a cup of coffee or tea ('thee'in dutch.)
An amazing part of Amsterdam is that when you go to the movies, they dont push huge bags of popcorn and soda on you. You can actually get a nice pint of beer or just a cup of tea. It is so nice to sit there with your little tea cup and enjoy a movie.
I dont think Amsterdam is for me though. A lot of people come over here for just the Weed, and so the defile the beautiful buildings that have existed for centuries. THere is graffitti everywhere. The bikes here are everywhere and they are all old. Everybody in Amstedam rides bikes. Which you would think would make things seem cleaner... but it just soemtimes seems to be a dump for old bikes. The trams and cars are crazy here. I cant tell when im on a road or a bike way or a tram trak or a sidewalk... I am constantly looking both ways, just in case I accidently step in front of a bike or a tram. It is terrifying to think that i can just... walk in front of a train. To kick this fear out of me I just imagine the conductors riding bikes under their front car that they are driving, so it wouldnt hurt so bad that they could run into me.
I am crazy, I dunno. Its 1:45 in the morning. I havent made any friends from other countries, but we have met a guy and have made good friends with... but he lives about 5 minutes away from us in St. Paul... crazy! His name is Jason, I am just putting his name in here, just for my reference. Because I cant remember names, its bad...
Oh with grades on my classes that i took this semester, I got all A's, which is nice. I have to start looking for assisting jobs once I get back to St. Paul. I have lived there for a week now. It is beautiful. I really enjoy it. My car on the other hand, I dont think, was made for driving in winter weather. It has its troubles as well. But I live within walking distance to all things important.
Anyway... trip... If we train over to france, we may take the train a little more south to visit our new friend Jason from Minnesota there.
We also have plans to go to Berlin. We found a Hostel. It is called "Dont Panic" and it is Hitch Hikers guide referencing all the way. We are excited to stay here. But we hope to get a room that will just be us two. Neither of us can handle sharing a room anymore. Its just annoying that you cant sleep without somebody banging their lugage aroudn in a cramped room.
Maybe when I am traveling on my own, I will be ok with staying with other people. But I am just looking for relaxation right now. We are going to a teeny hotel tomorrow. That will be nice. We should have our own shower and our own room. Small though, but you cant expect anything more when you are in europe.
The bathrooms are teeny... I dont think people who are much taller thna me can even use them, they are so tiny. Speaking of bathrooms... so they dont have porta pottys here... but they have outside plastic urinals for the Men,..... Not fair, what if girls need to take a wee. And I dont want an answer to that... Because I will not pull my pants down and try to angle myself into this strange urinal thing, which is really just a funnel attatched to a wall.
Anyway, I think this is enough documentation for the time being. I hope everyone has a nice new years. I will still be here in Amsterdam, and then we are going to head out of the stoner country for a while.
Have a good year!
I am sitting here at the bar in my Hostel that I am staying at. Travis is sitting at the bar chatting with one of the people we met. We have mainly just done a lot of walking, taking things in. WE have gone to see a couple movies and we have gone to the Rijks museum. That is where they house a large rembrandt collection of paintings. It was neat.
In the next couple of days we plan to hit the Van Gogh museum and Anne Frank's houdout place... I would spell out what it is actually called, but dutch is hard to read, speak and remember how to spelling the words is just not possible.
Most people speak english here, so getting around has been fairly easy. I feel guilty though, that I dont speaek thier language, I cant even say thank you in dutch, I am a horrible person, typical American. But I do make sure that I say a lot of please and thank yous and pardon mes...
We are looking into going to Paris and Berlin. We will finalize those plans tomorrow. I am excited to have a better memory of Paris than I have from a previous trip. I am excited to go to the Louvre and see the Eiffel Tower again. But I am especially excited to sit at a nice little cafe and drink a cup of coffee or tea ('thee'in dutch.)
An amazing part of Amsterdam is that when you go to the movies, they dont push huge bags of popcorn and soda on you. You can actually get a nice pint of beer or just a cup of tea. It is so nice to sit there with your little tea cup and enjoy a movie.
I dont think Amsterdam is for me though. A lot of people come over here for just the Weed, and so the defile the beautiful buildings that have existed for centuries. THere is graffitti everywhere. The bikes here are everywhere and they are all old. Everybody in Amstedam rides bikes. Which you would think would make things seem cleaner... but it just soemtimes seems to be a dump for old bikes. The trams and cars are crazy here. I cant tell when im on a road or a bike way or a tram trak or a sidewalk... I am constantly looking both ways, just in case I accidently step in front of a bike or a tram. It is terrifying to think that i can just... walk in front of a train. To kick this fear out of me I just imagine the conductors riding bikes under their front car that they are driving, so it wouldnt hurt so bad that they could run into me.
I am crazy, I dunno. Its 1:45 in the morning. I havent made any friends from other countries, but we have met a guy and have made good friends with... but he lives about 5 minutes away from us in St. Paul... crazy! His name is Jason, I am just putting his name in here, just for my reference. Because I cant remember names, its bad...
Oh with grades on my classes that i took this semester, I got all A's, which is nice. I have to start looking for assisting jobs once I get back to St. Paul. I have lived there for a week now. It is beautiful. I really enjoy it. My car on the other hand, I dont think, was made for driving in winter weather. It has its troubles as well. But I live within walking distance to all things important.
Anyway... trip... If we train over to france, we may take the train a little more south to visit our new friend Jason from Minnesota there.
We also have plans to go to Berlin. We found a Hostel. It is called "Dont Panic" and it is Hitch Hikers guide referencing all the way. We are excited to stay here. But we hope to get a room that will just be us two. Neither of us can handle sharing a room anymore. Its just annoying that you cant sleep without somebody banging their lugage aroudn in a cramped room.
Maybe when I am traveling on my own, I will be ok with staying with other people. But I am just looking for relaxation right now. We are going to a teeny hotel tomorrow. That will be nice. We should have our own shower and our own room. Small though, but you cant expect anything more when you are in europe.
The bathrooms are teeny... I dont think people who are much taller thna me can even use them, they are so tiny. Speaking of bathrooms... so they dont have porta pottys here... but they have outside plastic urinals for the Men,..... Not fair, what if girls need to take a wee. And I dont want an answer to that... Because I will not pull my pants down and try to angle myself into this strange urinal thing, which is really just a funnel attatched to a wall.
Anyway, I think this is enough documentation for the time being. I hope everyone has a nice new years. I will still be here in Amsterdam, and then we are going to head out of the stoner country for a while.
Have a good year!
