the dam

am not sure who was drinking the water and who was drinking the looser juice. feel free to take a guess ;p my 'traditional' dinner. can't remember what it was called... any help?? it apparently didn't have smoked sausage in it, so it wasn't as good as it should have been (not that i eat sausage anyways). and it is only good if the spoon sticks up straight in it... thus the photo.

oh, this is a quick one of me and my aussie bear on 'straya' day. yes, i look like a tool.
some cool statue in amsterdam
helloooooo patrick!!! nice photo, and sjoerd, nick (sorry nick, we are all too small to be in a photo with you) and me in the back ground.
ok, that isn't amsterdam, this is an activity i did with the kids. we were making arks and flooding the sand for a new beginnings topic in RE with Year 7. at least i had fun! (i think the kids did too!)
I am sterdam... or something. that seems to be their logo for the moment (not sure how long it has been there for, or will be for), kind of like the london on thing or whatever that is. Yes, i had my photo taken at the sign aswell, but this is a group of spanish girls... we had to wait for what seems like forever to be able to have a photo there.
ummm, a bike rack?? i think it holds 8000 bikes or something. I would lose my bike in there, lucky i don't live there and don't own a bike. ha.
me trying to be arty??? umm, waiting in the hotel foyer eating free food before going to the airport to say fare-the-well to the dam for this time.
ha, you know those people who need to stick their tongue out when they write?? well, i spose nick needs to bite his lip when taking photos. you can't see it, but i was sitting up on a statue enjoying the 3:00am fresh air of amsterdam (like the statue earlier up). we were making our way home from karaoke. thanks guys, what a lovely night we had!!!
and may i present to you the boys... sjoerd, arnout and nick (photo taken bu patrick). i think that was just after they all sung some dutch song (even nick) that i had no-idea how to sing. something about being lonely on an island or .... ummmm, i don't know, maybe one of you guys can tell me what the words were...


ok, well, i am really really tired after a good weekend away in amsterdam. I can't remember if i have any stories, so we shall see what comes out as i type... actually, it probably won't make much sense.

friday night didn't go out for australia day because i went home to get ready for amsterdam. had a lovely night though, and went to bed earlyish. 4:15am start to get ready to go to the dam. sooooooooo, had a nice flight to amsterdam (i think it takes less time than it takes to drive from turramurra to cronulla). and then into the city for a lovely wander around the streets and canals. it was really quiet and a lovely city. first stop, breakfast in a nice (normal) cafe, then onto wander the city further, and some markets. then ummmm, can't remember. museum (reijkaus or something) and a quick rest at the hotel before off to dinner. now, dinner was meant to be a quick walk, but ummm, we got muddled with the scale and ended up walking about 40mins to the restaurant (where we only had starters). then bring on the dutch guys!!! Patrick, Sjoerd and Arnout came and off we went for a quick drink at a pub and then onto dinner at another lovely little pub. karaoke here we come!!! now, where we went to karaoke was near the famous windows in the red light district, so a quick stroll through there. it is quite a sad place to go, makes you think though... and back to the karaoke to forget about the windows and sing really cool old songs that we haven't sung for ages. none of us got up onstage though.


then make our way home... oh no, i left my jumper in the karaoke bar... (my ploy to go back and listen to more music, or actually did leave my jumper and wanted it back... we'll never know). and whilst looking at map, some man gave us directions and then wanted money for a shelter (but he was soooo nice to us, we just had to give him some money). and sleep... and it was a really comfy bed.

sunday, up not at all early to a nice breakfast at the hotel and wander on up to ann franks house. it was a good place to go and really made us think. crazy world. and then pancakes at the same place we had starters last night... such filling pancakes). then, oh, lets do a river tour (really informative and actually quite fun) and well, that's the end of how to spend a nice weekend in amsterdam.

and today i am really tired.


the end.
a big hug.
xx

(sorry, just realised this probably make less sense than usual)