Amsterdam
Originally published at Luke's Overseas Exploits. You can comment here or there.
Not much time to write.
Amsterdam is cool. Tourists who come here to get shit faced and totally stoned are annoying. Dutch people on bicycles are crazy - and expect you to get out of their way. In general though, the people here have been the friendliest so far… and I don’t expect the French to top that.
Went for some walking today, but it’s a little wet now. I think I would definitely enjoy Europe a little more traveling with someone I knew. Basically, all the people at the past two hostels have been groups of people with no real intentions or desire to mingle with anyone.
All three trams I needed to catch from the tram station when I arrived in Amsterdam were out of operation - so i spoke to a travel guy who pointed me to a bus and told me to jump on a different tram… which didn’t turn up - so I ended up walking. Hooray for maps on bus stops telling me where I am - since I didn’t have a map on me at the time.