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 ( Read more... )

I like that this town is so openly discouraging of driving.  In New York, it's generally known that attempting to drive through it isn't a good choice, but there's still a pervading status thing about keeping a car in the city.  Here, people who drive are considered retarded.  There are still cars here certainly; they're all parked along the canals ( Read more... )

I had to pay 40 cents to use the public bathroom at the Magna Plaza (big shopping center).  Weird.  It was a very clean and lovely bathroom though, so that was nice.

I visited a houseboat in the Singel canal that, after a complicated history, is a charity shelter for homeless cats.  The inside is less interesting; looked like any other kitty shelter ( Read more... )

This day has been a bit aggravating.  Figuring out the lay of the land, and the lay of the trams, has not been easy, because there's no real direct route to anything, and every map I look at has its own spin on things (heh, kinda like Boston).  Also, publications don't seem to be into telling you which tram line things are on; I guess you're just ( Read more... )

Went to the Anne Frank House yesterday morning, and amazingly, there was hardly anybody there.  Unlike Paris, Amsterdam seems to be actually having a post-holiday downtime.  Anyway, it was nice to be able to go through there in peace.  I've been visiting a number of wow-it-happened-here places on this trip, but this one was pretty mind-blowing.  We ( Read more... )

Anyone else ever sing that song at summer camp ( Read more... )

This room is a mess and I have to pack it all up.  My train to Amsterdam is at twelve.... something.

I went out for sushi again last night.  I seem to be becoming a sushi fiend.... particularly for someone who wouldn't touch the stuff just a year ago.  I'm all about the rolls really.... I wouldn't say I'm super adventurous with it.

I'm starting to ( Read more... )

My feet hurtie, most likely from walking miles upon miles in cheap sneakers.  Last night I had a lot of ankle pain, but fortunately that seems to have somewhat cleared up today.  Ironically, switching to my other shoes, the pair that's supposed to be less comfortable, seems to have helped ( Read more... )

It is fucking cold in France, people. Cold enough to make it a little tough to be outdoors at times.  Ah well, what can you do.  And these Parisians, they LOVE to sit outside, or partially outside, at the cafe.  I sat in a glass enclosed patio at a cafe last night, cuz you know, when in Rome and all that.  I froze my ass off.  I may not continue to ( Read more... )

I'm moving on to Paris today.  I changed my plans on my accommodations there cuz I was feeling differently about the friend of a friend situation; I was having a hard time getting in touch, there are apparently a number of people staying there and it'd be crowded, etc.  I was a little concerned about being able to find something else on short ( Read more... )