I AMsterdam
This past weekend I took to the road...destination Amsterdam. 35 of us loaded a bus at 7:00am on Friday. Little did I know that I would be on this bus for the next 8 hrs.
We drove from London to somewhere (gotta be honest, don't really know where) and hopped on a ferry. Before being allowed to drive on the ferry, we were searched by security. They selected 5 bags at random to search. Erica's was one of them...and me being me, I thought I'd capture the KODAK moment. The officers didn't think it was as funny as I did. As soon as I took the picture, an officer was running at the bus telling me to stop. Thus, the picture is not high quality BUT I feel like I really risked it to take the picture and thus it needs to be shown.
Two hours later, we are off the ferry and on our way! Oh wait, no we're not. We're being pulled over by the police and would you believe it...our driver doesn't have the right paperwork. I also risked it and snuck a picture of this 1.25hr delay.
I think Erica is tired of being on the bus!
Hours and hours and hours later, we were in Amsterdam. Our guide, Rob, took us on tour of the city and the infamous Red Light Distric. Dear Lord! I wasn't expecting what I found. I thought there would be a lot of strip clubs, etc....oh no, the women and the men wanting to be women were in windows. Everywhere. Each "person" had their own window/door. What I found humorous was what they did in their windows. Some girls did their hair, talked on the phone, ATE... Regardless, wasn't a place that I would take my mom.
Me being me and somewhat oblivious, I didn't really realize that Amsterdam is famous for the fact that drugs are legal. I learned this about a week before I left when everyone was asking me if I was going to have fun in Amsterdam. I'm like..heck yes I'm going to have fun. Then they would launch into their schpeel about which coffee shops were the best to purchase drugs and where to get happy brownies. I was like, um I'm pretty happy with just brownies. So on the bus ride there and on the evening tour, pretty much everyone in the group was consumed with the idea of legal drugs and when they would be able to finally get them. For the most part, people planned to be high all weekend long. Erica and I agreed that we're so rediculous that people will probably think we're high anyways...so we'll fit right in minus the actual intake of drugs. I have to admit...I laughed almost nonstop this weekend. So maybe Erica is the only drug I need.
And here I prove my point. Erica is leading our troops of statues... I on the other hand forgot to assume attack position.
Playing fetch with the troop puppy..
As brave as I was earlier in the trip, I wasn't brave enough to take pictures in the Red Light Distric. We were told that pictures weren't allowed (understandably) and the last person on the tour who had taken a picture was thrown in a canal.
Bikes galore in this city! My theme song for the weekend was "Ring my b-e-ll, ring my bell" I think this would be the perfect city for Kristina and Alex to visit...
On Sunday we stopped in
The city was absolutely gorgeous. I wished we had been able to spend more time here...I was just inlove with the place.
Being pretty sharp, I'm able to determine that tourism must be this way. I feel it is only appropriate to do what the sign says.
And Erica thinks it is ok to ruin a KODAK moment.
But that's ok, she made up for it with this KODAK moment.
Major props to you if you can pronounce this one.
We drove from London to somewhere (gotta be honest, don't really know where) and hopped on a ferry. Before being allowed to drive on the ferry, we were searched by security. They selected 5 bags at random to search. Erica's was one of them...and me being me, I thought I'd capture the KODAK moment. The officers didn't think it was as funny as I did. As soon as I took the picture, an officer was running at the bus telling me to stop. Thus, the picture is not high quality BUT I feel like I really risked it to take the picture and thus it needs to be shown.
Two hours later, we are off the ferry and on our way! Oh wait, no we're not. We're being pulled over by the police and would you believe it...our driver doesn't have the right paperwork. I also risked it and snuck a picture of this 1.25hr delay.
I think Erica is tired of being on the bus!
Hours and hours and hours later, we were in Amsterdam. Our guide, Rob, took us on tour of the city and the infamous Red Light Distric. Dear Lord! I wasn't expecting what I found. I thought there would be a lot of strip clubs, etc....oh no, the women and the men wanting to be women were in windows. Everywhere. Each "person" had their own window/door. What I found humorous was what they did in their windows. Some girls did their hair, talked on the phone, ATE... Regardless, wasn't a place that I would take my mom.
Me being me and somewhat oblivious, I didn't really realize that Amsterdam is famous for the fact that drugs are legal. I learned this about a week before I left when everyone was asking me if I was going to have fun in Amsterdam. I'm like..heck yes I'm going to have fun. Then they would launch into their schpeel about which coffee shops were the best to purchase drugs and where to get happy brownies. I was like, um I'm pretty happy with just brownies. So on the bus ride there and on the evening tour, pretty much everyone in the group was consumed with the idea of legal drugs and when they would be able to finally get them. For the most part, people planned to be high all weekend long. Erica and I agreed that we're so rediculous that people will probably think we're high anyways...so we'll fit right in minus the actual intake of drugs. I have to admit...I laughed almost nonstop this weekend. So maybe Erica is the only drug I need.
And here I prove my point. Erica is leading our troops of statues... I on the other hand forgot to assume attack position.
Playing fetch with the troop puppy..
As brave as I was earlier in the trip, I wasn't brave enough to take pictures in the Red Light Distric. We were told that pictures weren't allowed (understandably) and the last person on the tour who had taken a picture was thrown in a canal.
Bikes galore in this city! My theme song for the weekend was "Ring my b-e-ll, ring my bell" I think this would be the perfect city for Kristina and Alex to visit...
On Sunday we stopped in
The city was absolutely gorgeous. I wished we had been able to spend more time here...I was just inlove with the place.
Being pretty sharp, I'm able to determine that tourism must be this way. I feel it is only appropriate to do what the sign says.
And Erica thinks it is ok to ruin a KODAK moment.
But that's ok, she made up for it with this KODAK moment.
Major props to you if you can pronounce this one.
posted by Kathryn.mills @ 3:16 PM
1 Comments:
At 9:34 AM,
K & A said…
Hey thanks for the shout-out! We can't wait to see you here in Prague! Have you heard why British tourists come to Prague? Something for you to research... We can't wait to show you this town. You're going to love it! - K & A
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