Oh, Amsterdam.

'Ello all. David has officially called me out on my lack of contribution to "our" blog, so I suppose I will make a rather short entry in hopes of appeasing him.

So, last night around 7PM we hopped on an overnight bus to Amsterdam. The bus was surprisingly comfy with working air conditioning and lots of room. Anyway, since the sun has been going down around 10 or 10:30, we had a nice view to keep us occupied until we eventually fell asleep for a less than sufficient night's sleep. I luckly managed to grab two seats; whereas, David was sitting next to a Swedish girl who apparenly kicked him every ten minues in her sleep. This might help explain why David is currently taking a much needed nap.

Amsterdam greeted us with a downpour when we arrived around 4:30 AM, and we waited in the Metro station until we could catch a bus downtown a little later. The wait was surprisingly entertaining, as we met a man named Abu who spoke virutally every language in the book, including perfect English of course. Also, we spent a good 15 or so minutes giggling at the ridiculousy of the Dutch language. Apparently it's a mix between English and German? Seeing as thank you is pronounced more or less "donkeyveil," and German for thank you is "danka," I guess that would stand to reason.

Around 6:30 we arrived at the Downtown Flying Pig Hostel, where we were supposed to be catching our bus to the beach hostel a few hours later. A crazy Aussie DJ let us in, and through the blairing techno, he invited us to hang out for a few hours. We quickly met a group of kids with whom we shared a few hours, a few cups of coffee, and a free hostel breakfast (that of course we probably shouldn't have been eating). Also, across the street we met a few other kids in a coffeeshop. One guy, named Jay, is apparently opening for Lil Wayne in a few nights. Safe to say, we're trying to get the hook ups on some tickets.


Jamie