 | Day 5 Amersfoort
2005-09-21, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: jaxmartin | | Today we went to my dad's home town in Amersfoort.
Took the train and arrived just after 11:30. Tante Humpy picked us up and went straight to her house only 3 minutes away. She lives in a really ... |
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 | Day 4 - museum tour and more walking
2005-09-20, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: jaxmartin | | Woke feeling normal for once. I'm not sure if we feel out of it due to all the second had pot smoke we are inhaling or what! :0
Had breakfast at the Renaissance this morning, and decided to make o... |
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 | Day 3 - Strolling around the canals
2005-09-19, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: jaxmartin | | Checked into the Ramada yesterday and then ventured out and followed one of the walking tours in our guidebook. It took us a total of 4 hours walking and seeing all the different sights along the way... |
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 | Day 2 Cont'd
2005-09-18, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: jaxmartin | | Met up with Christina and TJ and had breakfast at our hotel. Lots of laugh catching up. We then took the bus to the airport where we caught the train downtown amsterdam. Had a great day with them, wa... |
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 | Meeting Christina and TJ today
2005-09-18, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: jaxmartin | | Sitting in the lobby today ont he internet waiting for Christina and TJ. They are driving in from Mannheim Germany today. I'm sure they are trying to find this hotel, kind of in the middle of no whe... |
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 | Survived the flight
2005-09-17, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: jaxmartin | | (in the words from Jackie)
Well we survived the flight. Martin was still pretty sick before we left but nothing that gravol couldn't take care of. Really full flight, was nice to sit there and li... |
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 | still on preparation
2005-09-14, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: Vic_abroad | | Wel the countdown has started and I must say that I get excited everyday a bit more, so far 16 day and it will all start! it is a pity though that I will nbot be able to go to the Amazone but as I a... |
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 | Cheese and bicycles
2005-09-06, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: gabrielle2 | | I made it to beautiful Holland!! I flew in from Athens to Amsterdam August 31st at noon, and my brother flew from Amsterdam to Athens two hours later! It was great to see him, even just for a short ... |
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 | Day 12: Cologne & Amsterdam
2005-08-01, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: wanderings | | Agenda:
- Leaving Frankfurt
- Cologne Cathedral
- How wooden clogs are made
- Canal cruise
- How diamonds are made
- Red Light District
In the morning we left our hotel in Frankfurt and som... |
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 | T5 sucks
2005-09-01, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: ashley_v | | Just to let everyone know... if youre ever at the airport in Amsterdam and they tell you to go to T5, just laugh. Laugh, laugh away..and don't ask... just trust me. |
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 | The shitty and the sureal
2005-08-19, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: cadentsoul | | The last few days have generally been great. After running into Trevor, we've spent some time wandering the city of Amsterdam. Resting in the park on Hawaian mushrooms yielded a variety of interesti... |
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| Dismay in London and Moroccan Hash
2005-08-17, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: cadentsoul | | On the morning of the 15th (3:00am) I left London via bus. Unfortionately, I got shitty advice from a bus driver and ended up missing my next bus and consequently the bus to the airport. I ended up ... |
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 | Kiss!Kiss!Kiss!
2005-07-24, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: tontivic | | How does one know that they have arrived in Amsterdam? There's a few things to look out for, which are sure signs. First, some of the most interesting graphitti that I've ever seen, and lots of it. ... |
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 | Amsterdam
2005-07-09, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: tania | | guess where i am ......?????? .... im in amsterdam... or to be very specific in a night club in amsterdam...they have computers with freee internet here, so dont wanna miss an opportunity like this a... |
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 | Yuck
2005-06-24, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: j2dewar | | We ran for the train to Brussels this morning from Luxembourg in order to transfer to Amsterdam. The train from Luxembourg to Brussels was long and then we had to transfer to the train to Amsterdam. O... |
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 | Week 2!
2005-06-07, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: jbeall82 | | Alright! So, ive officially survived 2 weeks in Europe, mind a few close escapes from buses and tiny staircases...
this stupid internet jerk just made me pay for an hour only then to tell me that the... |
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 | Seeing the Sights in Amsterdam
2005-05-30, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: cheryllynn | | Monday, May 30th
Today was our full day to visit Amsterdam and see the sights. We woke up a little late and argued over which sights to see. I wanted to go to the diamond factory and the heinenken ... |
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 | Arriving in Amsterdam.... a whole new world!
2005-05-29, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: cheryllynn | | Well, Amsterdam is a city unlike any other. After visiting Italy, France, and the UK one could even question the purpose Amsterdam serves.
On Sunday night when we arrived we checked into our hostel... |
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 | Getting Cultured
2005-05-31, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: descente | | After my last post we started walking around Amsterdam and started making our way to the museums which arent to far away. It is really funny walking around because you dont just have to worry abo... |
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| Made it to Amsterdam!
2005-05-31, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: descente | | This is my first chance to get to a computer in amsterdam so far.. We have kept ourselves pretty busy. Yesterday we got up early and went off to Westminster Abbey since we couldnt go in on sunday... |
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 | Canals And Coffeeshops
2005-05-05, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: mala | | Amsterdam is rather unique. It is certainly the most schitzophrenic city I've ever seen. The serene canals are lined with clean-lined brownstones that remind me of Boston's Back Bay and you can spend ... |
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 | Warning - Adult Themes Discussed
2005-04-26, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: haytonsj | | I bet with that title everyone couldn't wait to see what i wrote, but its actually pretty tame. Remember, Scott's and Danielle's family have to read this.
We have spent 3 nights staying at Bob's Yo... |
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 | wooden shoes
2005-04-24, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: haytonsj | | we have checked into our amsterdam hostel...bob's hostel...it is light on luxury but in a very interesting location location pretty much in the centre of the city (by which i mean red light district -... |
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 | The Bum and the Comic Strip
2005-03-05, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: celind73 | | The Bum and the Comic Strip
Major, high-profile cities have a tendency to attract odd people. People of supernormal or unconventional behavior roam the streets of these cities, adding to the charm ... |
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 | The most Liberal city in the world
2005-01-17, Amsterdam, Netherlands. By: david2004 | | Amsterdam; somewhat of a fantasy land for some but deep down Amsterdam is probably one the most beautiful cities I have visited (erm, I keep saying that). There's not many places in the world that hav... |
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