The bar is cheering, for the duchess has returned.
Bonus points if you know the source of that lyric.
Written onboard flight Continental 71....
It was kinda sad to leave Amsterdam this morning, and my little "home" on the Prinsengracht and the cafe next door. Amsterdam is a place I'd like to revisit, though I think at a warmer time of year. I'm glad I made this trip when I did and knocked out some of the required sightseeing places when there was no way that the crowds would be as bad as they could be; I think I won't choose to make a trip like this at this time of year again though. There were times when I'd have been happy to spend some more time wandering on foot, but was chased indoors by cold/rain. Enjoying food and drink canalside sounds lovely -- but definitely out of the question this time of year. I want to come back to see the tulip fields, and to that one town, can't remember the name right now, with all the windmills in motion in warmer weather.
I think a bit of my wanderlust is quenched for the time being, though at the same time I'm now enlightened to the fact that doing things like this really isn't that hard and out of the question. Sure it cost some money, but it wasn't obscene or anything. Perhaps an Amsterdam/Copenhagen trip next time? Hmmm...
Let's see, the last couple days: I made an Amsterdam friend who I'll have to call on the next time I'm there. I was wooed by an older Irishman who sent me a flower from across the bar. I really couldn't understand his North Irish accent. The beer might have been an issue too. :-D I went to the zoo and saw meerkats and wallabies, and a baby gorilla who was picking on another baby gorilla, and the first gorilla's mother grabbed him by the arm and scruff and dragged him away, as if to be like "that's enough." Heehee...
And shortly after that my laptop battery gave up.
So I'm home now, and time to get back to life and to work. And that feels.... ok. I thought I'd be feeling some post-travel letdown, but I'm doing alright. My eyes opened at 7am this morning and I couldn't go back to sleep, which i guess isn't so bad but definitely not like me. We'll see if I get back to normal, but who knows, maybe I'm a new morning person.
I've got lots of pictures I want to upload and annotate; hopefully I can get though that this weekend. Shortly, I'm off to see the Big Apple Circus. Happy Saturday, everyone.
Written onboard flight Continental 71....
It was kinda sad to leave Amsterdam this morning, and my little "home" on the Prinsengracht and the cafe next door. Amsterdam is a place I'd like to revisit, though I think at a warmer time of year. I'm glad I made this trip when I did and knocked out some of the required sightseeing places when there was no way that the crowds would be as bad as they could be; I think I won't choose to make a trip like this at this time of year again though. There were times when I'd have been happy to spend some more time wandering on foot, but was chased indoors by cold/rain. Enjoying food and drink canalside sounds lovely -- but definitely out of the question this time of year. I want to come back to see the tulip fields, and to that one town, can't remember the name right now, with all the windmills in motion in warmer weather.
I think a bit of my wanderlust is quenched for the time being, though at the same time I'm now enlightened to the fact that doing things like this really isn't that hard and out of the question. Sure it cost some money, but it wasn't obscene or anything. Perhaps an Amsterdam/Copenhagen trip next time? Hmmm...
Let's see, the last couple days: I made an Amsterdam friend who I'll have to call on the next time I'm there. I was wooed by an older Irishman who sent me a flower from across the bar. I really couldn't understand his North Irish accent. The beer might have been an issue too. :-D I went to the zoo and saw meerkats and wallabies, and a baby gorilla who was picking on another baby gorilla, and the first gorilla's mother grabbed him by the arm and scruff and dragged him away, as if to be like "that's enough." Heehee...
And shortly after that my laptop battery gave up.
So I'm home now, and time to get back to life and to work. And that feels.... ok. I thought I'd be feeling some post-travel letdown, but I'm doing alright. My eyes opened at 7am this morning and I couldn't go back to sleep, which i guess isn't so bad but definitely not like me. We'll see if I get back to normal, but who knows, maybe I'm a new morning person.
I've got lots of pictures I want to upload and annotate; hopefully I can get though that this weekend. Shortly, I'm off to see the Big Apple Circus. Happy Saturday, everyone.