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Monday, March 29, 2010

Paris to Amsterdam! This is a big one... Got a little behind

Ryan and I went to Jim morrisons grave on mon! His cascet wasn't that crazy it was actually mor basic than most..it had a bottle of Jack on it ha ha! But the cemtary was somethin else! Some of the people have full on house lookin things.. You'll hAve to see pictures it's really different, and so something I had never seen!
   Then we went to notra dame because I didn't go in because I didn't think it was free.. I'm glad it was free because the inside is just not as nice as you would think for such an amazing looking structure! We saw some guy blowing up big giant bubbles ha ha random.. But people will do anything for extra change in paris.. Seriously! Then We wet and grabbed a beer by and sat by the river and just kinda chilled for a little while, it was fun because all the tour boats that come by wave and I yell back! Ha ha some boats are fun and some just arnt..
   We headed back to the hostel and ended up meeting a kid named nick, he's cool but a little arogent and always questions you or has to be right... Kinda gets old.. 
Before we headed out to check out the arc de triumph I got to talking to this older guy from scotland who was hard to understand like really hard to understand especially when niema the girl working cut him off at 2 pm lol he was pissed (drunk) as the scottish would say! Ha ha I was just sitting in the back of the bar filming niema yelling at him! 
   But he bought me a beer so I gave it my best shot at carrying on a conversation! Then this black older guy bought me a Guinness cause he was drinking one and I talked to him all about Dublin and what not!
   I got a picture with him cause he was cool!
I finished my beer and we headed out! The arch was really really cool! Then we walked to the river and walked along all the cool stuff which never gets old ha ha but it was nicks first day in the city so it worked out! 
   We ended our walk with a a couple beers that Nic bought! Ha ha fine with me! Go baller go!
    Went back had another off the wall but normal night at the peace and love lol! 
   Partied with these two Swedish girls and some kids from Canada and the jo's friend (the bouncer) gave me a ride thru town on his scooter! Ha ha wow i was lovin it and taking pictures on the back ha ha! 
   Got back partied some more started thinking about where I was gonna stay cause once agian the hostel was booked so Clair the girl that works there let me stay a her apartment!
Free night number 3 in Paris! Whoo hooo 
  we walked thru a really cool park on the way back and then I went straight to bed!
  in the morning I headed back to the hostel around noon caught up with some people from the night before and looked at the pictures which is always fun! Ha ha 
   I told Marie that I would walk around with her yesterday and she thought I would forget ha ha but I didn't and we went up to the park that she hadn't seen! The one I described on like my first day and where I liked to write my blogs!
  after the park Marie wanted to check out more of the Lue so we caught the metro Down to that area which is a cool area to walk and hung out at the Lue for a while! She had two sandwhiches and gave me one cause I was so hungry ha ha she's an awsome girl! She's 28 and she traveled Iran, sryria, most of eastern Europe and she's going for a year! She's nine months in!
   We went back to the hostel to catch some free wi fi before it starts to charge at six! I booked a hostel in amsterdam And one thing led to another it was my last night in Paris and I was gonna party hard! Ha ha like I needed a reason after the last ten days :) 
   Oliver the guy that was there at the beginning of my stay and went to prauge with Chad, he was there and let me crash at his place!
   We played a bunch of fun game ad these two girls played coaster with us ha ha and talked about how bad Teresa legs hurt all the next morning,  sang a girl happy b day and and went to the bar down the street when the hostel bar closed!
   The bar tender who likes me and I really like her cause she always remembers my heiniken with lemon gae me a hug and a side to side kiss and I got a picture with her! I've got to come back to Paris I feel like I have sooo many friends there ha ha! 
    Every One left and i walked to Oliver house with Jenny another girl that works there and two Swedish girls lol and Nic! Always random I love it! 
  we hung out in his total 70's apartment and didn't wait long after the son came up to pass out! Free night number four in Paris!!  
   Idk why but we were up at nine and I walked to the hostel checked some train schedules and headed out after saying good bye for one last time to catch a train at 12:25 I went to information to make sure my pass would be fine so I don't end up paying some random a hole 115€ agian and she said yes you just have to make a reservation at the counter behind here.. Ok sounds easy enough!
.... No .. I waited in a line that had maybe 25 people in it for about 45 min! Some dude walks up and says I'm gonna go ahead I'm really sorry my train leaves in 10 min.. I was like uhhh wierd so does mine!! no man wait your turn! 
  so he just kept mumbelung stuff and finally I got up to a window and...
  couldn't get a reservation for that train... Really I just waited for 45 min swaying cause I felt slightly groggy.... Just slightly... Ughhhh 
    Any ways my option were a b or c
A buy a train ticket for 285€
B reserve with my rail pass for 26€ leave at seven switch trains in Brussels and get to Amsterdam at mid night
Or c stay 2 more nights at the peace and love
     It was obviously betwen b and c
And I chose b
  I took the metro back because I didn't feel like getting soaking wet walking like I did on the way to the station!
Ha ha I jump the rolling bar to the metro entrance and kinda for I was wearing my back pack lol so I'm standing there stuck between the metal rollie thing and a door that doesn't open when you ride the metro like I do.. :) yea I got some funny looks on that one! Ha ha 
I just took my pack of and lifted it over and slipped thru!
 when I got back to the hostel they were like really? Lol you can't leave can you! It's a sign stay here!
 so I told them the storie and slept in the lobby for about three hours then chatted It up a lite bit with the new kids from canada Marie, Milan, and chopper! I'm gonna keep in touch with Milan and chopper! There cool ass he'll! And I hope to randomly pop in on them! 
  leaving a city is always a little different! It's kind of a down time :( but it's a never ending cycle really..
   But it does end and it ends with the people I love most!
My family and friends and all the people readin this blog! 
I can wait to see you guys!!!!!!!!!
I met a really cool guy from romania whos living in paris and i will hot him up for sure when i go back! His names dimitri and we had some cool conversation! 
   I had to switch trains in brussels and wait an hour so I'm  sitting here on the train waiting to head out!
   The train is full of crazies and i think I've made the wise decision that I'm getting a taxi straight to my hostel!
   Plus I'm beat up! I need a couple days to chill! I'm partied out
Untill I get back to Paris in a month or so! :) 
    So there's more coming and of course when I get internet I'm gonna up load my blog!

      Part two!! Sorry ha ha
Amsterdam!
  
First day in Amsterdam I got to the central station at about 12:15 am a little tired and confused as always in a new country or city.. I wasn't in the mood or really didn't have the energy to figure out tram lines and maps and busses and basically how to get to my hostel.. So for the first time in my travels I hopped in a taxi.. Which I don't like to do, he was a cool guy at first untill he charged me 35 € for a ride out to a hostel called the Slotania.. I didn't really like it.. When I got there I just checked in and went to my room to sleep, which was well needed I tryed to get my pj's on in the pitch black next make my bed, which has nothing on i ha ha that's aalways hard and I always feel bad... Some people just turn on the light and do there thing which might be better than me talking to my self and saying ow or ughh every ten secconds!
   I woke up about noon and it was perfect I woke up feelng like my self agian! I was still a little beat up.. Really like I needed two full days of rest to skake those ten days in Paris!
Ha ha I went down to reception and asked what the best way to get back to city center was and what's the best coffee shop ha ha jk.. I found that on my own :) ha ha
I have to take the tram 14 to and from the hostel every time for 2,60 ... Ouch!
   The fisrg day was wierd... It's hard to meet people in this city i think there very proud to be locals.. Idk
But what ever sometimes it's nice to be alone!
I walked around checked things out, it always takes a day or so to feel relaxed and like you know what's goin on and what you need to do..
   I walked in a weed/hemp museum thing it was only two euros and I'm really glad I didn't pay more it was ok but nothing to exiting.. I felt like it was put put together for high people just to make money I didn't learn anything..
Except that hemp can be used for sooooooooo much, bu come on I knew that!
    Just mosied around some more walked thru the red light distirict ha ha that's just like in the pictures and how people talk about it! Window shopping! It's Interesting to watch! Ha ha really it's out of control!
  but anyways there's olny so much red light district you can handle, so I went and grabbed a bite to eat!
  I went in this smaller sized shop and got a double cheesburger and a drink I sat down at a four person table, and the guy told me that a two person table was enough for me ha ha like ok... All go eat in the corner no problem man! 
There's no one in there! Wow!
   So after my first day of getting to roam the city I still wasn't feelin it... I'dk just one thing on top of another!
The hostel I'm at doesn't have wi fi it cost like I said 2,60 to back from the city.:.
    I went back pretty early the first night and crashed the next morning I got up early and felt good with all the sleep I was able to get! Almost 100%, traveling takes a lot out of you at times. 
    But it was cool cause I was up early enough for some complimentry breakfast which wasn't to bad at all I was stoaked on the coffee machine! Ha ha 
   After breakfast I sat down and wrote some post cards that Ive already lost... Oops!
    And then I realized that i had to check out because that night was my second night! Which was fine cause I wanted the he'll out of the Slotania!
    I looked on the computers for a new hostel and wanted to stay where Lucas was staying but it didn't work out..
  the staff lady was a $&)& and wouldn't help at all, she said she had three hours worth of work ahead of her and no one was in the lobby... Wow
   Your computers up stairs don't work and you won't help me! Thanks! 
  so that's when I met dean who was kind of in the same boat.. So we went to city center together with all all stuff and looked for accomadation on there computers that they have! We found a cheap hostel that was pretty city center but for Saturday night it was cool just to get a place!
  so we walked a pretty good distance to this hotel/ hostel place!
   Finally we found it got a room with three other kids about 20 years old And they were studying in spain!
   So we all ended up chatting and going out!
They wanted to go to the yellow mellow coffee shop, so dean and I joined! 
   Ha ha wow I don't even know how to explain this but a coffee shop/ pot bar just doesn't have that live vibrant atmosphere! Ha ha Im not sure why?
    We sat next to this older couple smoking a joint then some hash and they looked so happy and just nice, so I started talkin to them and we talked about the most random shit but what ever ha ha it was better than just sitting there...
  the people I was with didn't say much so WTF..
I was like hey you guys wanna play some foosball... Uuuuuuuuu
I don't know man..... Well........ Shit....... Do think we can...... Uuuuuuuuu do you guys want to.... Maybe a ha ha ha a ha ha
         Wow really!
Everyones to high to plays foosball this is stupid!
So this girl pulls out a deck of cards and we decided to play spoons.... Slow motion spoons lol 
     It made me realizizes that pot really does take away a lot of the good and replaces it with mellow mellow mellow!
Of course depending on the crowd and place but it was just wierd ha ha.
      Then we walked slower than I've ever walked I felt like I was leading a group of pot heads around...
Everyone was indisisive and didn't care what we did, but we. Always did nothing.... Those The times that you would rather be alone! Seriously!!!
    To wrap up this stoned drug out day, we went to a flAlawful shop and the guys was a natzi about taking  peoples order and getting them out of there...
    Then guess why the big descisiom After that was?
Find a coffee shop. Why becuasi it was cold.... What?
 Any ways I went with it becAuse I just kept looking ahead to the next day if being Alone and renting a bike and just cruising!!! Doing all the cool stuff! Coffee shops not involved ha ha!
     The second coffee shop we went into was cool with it's smooth up beat music that was loud!
   We all sat around a table a just didn't say much... Then these three guys came and sat down, after like five minutes of almost silence I had to say something.. 
 hey so what's up.. Ahh were you guys from!
    Yay conversation!!
Seriously I know this sounds dumb but the people I were with just were far from outgoing especially after a joint.. Wow
     Anywas I talked to these three guys for a while and it was cool!
   Lol ask one o them to take a picture of us and it was on record! Ha ha I was laughing my ass off! So it made for a funny little video.. :)
       We ended up headin back kinda early it was around eight! 
   The hostel bar had it's seperated groups all through out the bar area agian... 
     And I decided I was gonna call it a night because I didn't want to go drink and blown money on what could have very easily been a boring night...
    So I was out by about nine!
     I woke up the next moring and was stoaked on getting my bike and cruising around on my own lovely pace!
  then dean said he was gonna join and I was like what ever.. Sounds good!
    On a bike it was awsome wholy he'll! Cruising with the traffic and in the bike lane and on the side walks!! Ha ha beat the he'll out of walking on cramped side walks!
    I love it! 
Anyways we saw Anne frankes house that was intereting!
I liked it, except you couldn't take pictures... For 8,50€ I'm gonna take some pictures!
     So I snuck what I could! Which was pretty good actually!
Then we went to and internet caffee and I emailed my momma and Lucas! I feel bad because Its hard to keep up with blogs and emails when there's alays SOMETHING! 
   Like my sisters I miss them like crazy an we don't et to talk that much...
      Any ways I got on face book real quick with like ten min left and started chatting with brad Armstrong! Brad's the shit!
       Afer we left there it was off to the hieneken factory!
I wasn't that impressed to say the least... I was two cornet to mordern... To much brain washing you in likeing hieneken and idk.. The best part was getting a hold of my momma!! That's for sure!!
     Didnt compare to the Guinness factory!
We met some really girls from texas! A mom a dughter and and aunt! 
   They were super cool and easy to talk to! I actually ended up getting the aunts buisness card to come visit!
  and the super super super shy daughters face book ha ha..
They invited dean and I out to dinner but we didn't go... They were eating a little to high class!
    It was gettin dark so we headed back to the hostel which was good because I wanted to charge my phone!
    We got there and I went right to the room plugged in the phone and called my mom! We talked for 1:30 min and still was hard to hang up! We had some catching up to do shit!
   With out Internet and so much happening i felt like I lost touch for a little bit...
         But I'm almost all up to date and it's good!!!
I was gonna go out with bryan but he got a little impatiant..
And took off.. I don't blame tho!
      So I went cruisen by my self on my bike!! Yay!!
Went to the red light district to see I at night for the first time!
    Its crazy at night! More girls, red windows everywere' it like staright buisness!
     Certian areas are cheaper that others and there's higher end parts! Lol it really is shopping!
   Theres big girls, old girls, and HOT Girls lol...
I some video.... ThAt wasn't easy ha ha
       Then my battery in my camera died and I was cold so I was gonna head back!
       Amsterdam at nigt is so easy to get lost in! Wow!
Canals, and endless allies and streets! 
          So About two hours later I made it back ready for bed! 
Were up to today now!!

   This morning i woke up typed a little blog went to return my bike I like it to much the guy said just keep it if you want! So I took off and all pay 8 euros tomorrow!!
   I rode to an inernet caffe got me a nice coffee with a heart! I took pictures cause it was cool!
     Ha ha now I sitting here and omg I up to date!!
I don't know what I'm doing next...
      Probably gonna figure out how I'm leaving Amsterdam!
Tonights enough for me
     Its seventeen hours travel time by trains! 
  I'm thinkin probably not....
         All let you know tho!!
Love you miss you and of course I can't wait to see you!!
      So many stories gets left out, that I can't wait to tell you! :)
Ps amsterdam is not my favorite city for all of you that thought it would be ha ha!

Amsterdam made me realize a lot of things tho!
  
          
  
  

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