Antics in Amsterdam

Spent a good day walking around Amsterdam with Britt.. of course, who else... off to a new adventure! We met up at the Central Station and walked everywhere from there. This was good to get a better idea of how Amsterdam is organised seeing as I knew where I had been before but no clue how to get there.

First we went off to the Bloemengracht where I knew there was a hammock store and I have had my heart sent on one of those chair hammocks since a year or four ago or so. We tested them excessively up to the point that people walking into the store started asking us for prices and other possibilities. After this we went on a hunt for a very good restaurant that Britt had discovered on an earlier trip. It was absolutely unbelieveable. Additionally we ended up sitting on a carpet with pillows along one of the canals and had fresh mint tea to accomapny our dish. We toasted with some tourists passing by in a little boat and I guess I'm now on a picture of someone with my glass of mint tea raised above my head. Branded a hippy in Amsterdam for the rest of my life. I think I can live with that.

Of course we went to another thousand stores (including book sotres which are great in that they provide maps of Amsterdam) and of course ran into the occasional gay book store and free tibet store and whatnot. Ended up at an Ethiopian restaurant after which we met up with my brother and his band to go to see One Republic in concert. Very nice however, I felt I wanted to move but the music was too laid back. still it was good!

I abandoned Britt who had more plans to fill the night and took the train home. Apon arrival one of the cars (singer of the band) had been broken into. The navigation system had been taken out so that was a bit of a shame. Otherwise it was quite a good day!

The next day was my dad's birthday which we celebrated after he flew back in from Ethiopia and am now back in Zeist.. trying to have an normal week of waterpolo, weights, waterpolo, sleep, waterpolo, food, waterpolo, weights and sleep.

Music: The noise everyone is playing and is frustrating me yet, I am calm... outwardly.

Quote: My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.
Edith Sitwell