Rest of Amsterdam...

Hey all,

Our last full day in Amsterdam was a lovely one. Emily and I started out by renting bikes and took those over to a market to the northwest of us. We walked around there for a bit, grabbing crepes for breakfast and stocking up on some groceries for a picnic to be had later in Vondelpark. After having finished the last book I read, found a stall in the street selling English books and picked up Jack Keroac's On the Road and Alice in Wonderland. Figure they should be interesting reads. Already started On the Road which certainly has peaked my travel interest.

At any rate, we followed the market with a trip to a coffeeshop before heading off to try and find Electric Lady Land. Emily hadn't written down exact directions so it was a bit hard to find but we eventually worked our way back to it (after having walked past it 20 minutes earlier). This was quite the stop. Imagine a shop with flourescent art everywhere. Greeting us there was an old hippie dude from New York originally but had lived in Amsterdam for the past 20 some years. He led us downstairs where he had a collection of flourescent rocks which turned under the blacklight as well as a giant Hindi themed sculpture he had made-completely flourescent, quite out there. The best part was the guy himself, a complete hippy, but very genuine about it. You could tell he had found his life's calling: flourescent rocks, Hinduism, and psychadelics.

After that, we headed off to Vondelpark. We lucked out, catching the end of a jazz set as we ate our picnic lunch. After biking around the park we found a nice grassy spot by a pond and watched some ducks for a while. We then headed back to the the hostel and changed and went out for a few drinks. Pretty much an uneventful night but a nice, easy one.

Next day I left for Brussels and my sister for Paris.