Tuesday 15 January 2013

Amsterdam

I went to Amsterdam for a short trip in October. an impromptu visit with Claes for his birthday.

Went to uni in the morning. Bought our tickets in that evening. Got to Harwich port. Had a few hours to kill so we found a pub. Pub had a definite locals vibe was a bit of a dive but not too bad and cheap! Ended up making friends with the locals. They bought us drinks. Went back to the ferry nearly missed it because we'd spent to long in the pub. Were the last people on the ferry. Found our cabin. Dropped our stuff. Straight to the bar on the ferry. Jug of beer. Into the smoking room. Spoke to a few different groups. English. Dutch. American. Continuing to drink jugs of beer. Brought all the groups in the smoking room together. Everyone talking drinking. Whiskey. More Beer. Just us and the American group. More Drinking. Drunk. Cabin. Sleep. Loud alarm going off in the cabin. Wake up. Blurry. Hungover. ALARM. ALARM. ALARM. Up. Shower. Dressed. Hungover. Alarm. Last people of the ferry. Out in the wilds of Holland. The Hook of Holland. Small port town. Cold! Train Station. Claes throws up. I laugh. Buy a drink. Get on the train. Don't really know where we're going. Tired. Hungover. Sleep. Wake up 3 Hours Later. Amsterdam. Busy. Bike everywhere. Thousands of bikes. Nice train station. Surreal. Cold! Coffee shop. Tea. Hangover cured. Lunch. Beers. Walk around the city. Busy. Shops. Trams. Squares. Plazas. Canals. Old buildings. Beautiful Architecture. Beers. Coffee Shop. Play Pool. Back Out. Wander Around. Andy Warhol exhibit? Expensive. No. Coffee Shop. We need somewhere to sleep. Hostelbookers.com. Bus. Slottania. Get room. Drop stuff. Bus. Amsterdam. Coffee Shop. Dinner. Beers. Beers. Beers. Coffee shop. Pool. Bus. Slottania. Vending machine. Sleep. Up. Bus. Amsterdam. "Do you know where to get pancakes? ". "Whats Pancakes"?. "What??" French. "Crepe!"."No". Pancakes. Beer. Coffee shop. Wonder. Tourist stuff. Coffee shop. Lunch. Beers. Long Johns. Wander. Coffee Shop. Beer. Dinner. Beer. Red Light. Beer. Red Light. Coffee Shop. Mystery Kebab. Drunk. Cold. Bus. Slottania. Cat. Vending Machine. Sleep. Halloween. Up. No more rooms at Slottania. Lastminuite.com. Mystery hotel? Cheap. Yes. Booked. Bus. Amsterdam. Coffee Shop. Eat. Beers. Wander. Bar. Coffee shop. Dinner. Beer. Night. Taxi. Mystery Hotel. 4 Star. Swanky. Minibar. Sleep. Up. Late. Train. Amsterdam. Rush. Train. Hook of Holland. Ferry. 5 minutes late. Can't get on. Pay for a cabin for the night ferry. Beers. Ferry sits there for 40 minutes. Search the town. Coffee Shop. Pool. Ferry. Sleep. Alarm. Harwich. Train. Home.

Had a lot of fun in Amsterdam. I would like to have spent more time there. unfortunately I didn't take any pictures..    

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