Day Seven - Sea Day After being up so late last night, we chose to sleep in today. Managed to pull ourselves out of bed at 11:30, and then went in search of food. We ended up having a pretty decent Italian-themed meal at the Buffet. After lunch we went back to the room with the purpose in mind to sit on the balcony and have our Danish cheese and...

So couple things to add. 1) Its the Great Smoke Out here at the hostel (not smoke in as my previous post mentioned.) 2) Andrew wanted me to say that he was impressed by the amount of "corrugated metal siding"used on the houses and buildings in Reykjavik. We just got in from our post-dinner roam about town. (The 2,50€ pasta sauce we found wa...

We flew from Heathrow to Schiphol in 45 minutes. We arrived around 3 PM Netherlands time. From the airport we took the train into Amsterdam central station, which was only 25 minutes. This central train station is about 1/4 mile from our hotel. The city is jammed packed with people from what it appears to be from all parts of the world. The buil...

Osam rang me at 10:30 am, telling me the sun was hot and I should be out in it. I slept little during the night, so I had an early breakfast and went back to bed. I'm glad Osam woke me. I had things to do... I went first to the post office, to send a final postcard. THIS time, instead of selling me a 0,92 Euro stamp, the clerk charged me 1.20 eu...

Today was a massive, massive day. Firstly I woke up bright and early for bike tour. I debated doing this because it didn't sound like it would go through the main parts of the city (which it didn't) and would take up too much time. In the end it was very much so the right decision because the tour was AWESOME. They took us down through Vondelpar...

Liz and I are in Amsterdam now. I miss the Eastern European prices. We ate dinner tonight and for that same amount of money in Poland Icould have bought a small child. We also toured the old Heineken Brewery, which included three beers along the way. The city is beautiful but this is the most eclectic city I have been to so far. Hey everyone, th...

T*day is Mem*rial Day in H*lland, the day they rememb** all the pe*ple wh* fell in war and resistance (*r even aggressi*n, as with Dutch s*ldi**s in Afghanistan and Iraq n*w) and f*r me, the happy day when my darling daught** Mari*n Sunny Sinclair was b*rn at Harp** H*spital 39 years ag* this day. S* highest Birthday greetings t* my baby girl al...

from the City of Lights to the City of Bikes... Amsterdam is crazy! aside from the usual stereotypes accompanying this city (legal marijuana usage and prostitution), just getting around town is a trip. to cross the street, you've got to check for bikes, then trams, then cars & buses, then trams again, then another bike lane. there are just tons ...

Again Business Class - sh*t loads to eat and drink - decent seat - personal video - noise cancelling headphones (that didnt really work that well when you've got a screaming toddler in the cabin). Stopped over at St Martins and arrived on the hotel in Willemstad.

I already mention that I was very impressed by the Red Light District, perhaps because I had never seen a prostitute behind a glass before. So regardless of the warnings, I decided to take some pictures of the ladies. Not very smart I know, but the story is worth telling. I picked an alley, one that had a lot of ladies doing their sexy dance, an...