Ahoy! I am now in Germany. Guess where... at my friend Kaja's house!! Yes, after I feared I would not be seeing her due to our not being able to get a hold of each other trhough email, she finally called me and she picked usup at the train station in Koln yesterday evening.
We spent the last few days in Amsterdam. I didnt like it at all when we first arrived. It was odd, because all of the other places we visited, I spoke the native language, and so I felt like I somehow belonged. However, Dutch being the native language of Amsterdam, I immediately felt an odd sense of not belonging. Anyway, this feeling passed the first night, when we went to a friendly neighbourhood coffeeshop. This is one thing I must address: as most know, the Netherlands is quite the tolerant and liberal countrz. This being so, prostitution is legal, as i the selling of socalled soft drugs by authoriyed dealers. (forgive me!!! on this German keyboard, the y and the z have switched places!!!) So... Cafes will onlz sell coffee; however, coffee shops sell coffee AND have a weed menu. No joke. I have pictures to prove it. ASo this was quie the interestzing experience!!! Anyway, in Amsterdam, a heat wave rolled through, and we were stuck in the middle of it. Imagine that-- we realiyed that out of 18 travel days, we hadnt felt one dro of rain! We have been SWEATING this eENTIRE trip!!!! Gaaaaaaaaaaah!!! anyway, we made a friend in Amsterdam. His name was Yu and was from Toronto. He was swell. We hung out with him and started a 3 night ritual whee we went to this bar by our hostel and ordered their coffee and apple pie for 3 euros deal. Goood times...
Last night we got to Koln. We chilled with Kaja and it was SO LOVELZ to see her!!!(For those who do not know, by the way, Kaja is a friend who came to Canada in my lat year of hgh school, for 6 months, and we have kept in touch since). Herfamily is lovely. Her mom totally went out of her way to cook us a meal yesterday and breakfast was ready when we woke. A beautiful house she has, and while sit here typing, I am looking out onto a plain in her backyard. HGreenn, sunny... lovely.
That is all.
Fare well!!
We spent the last few days in Amsterdam. I didnt like it at all when we first arrived. It was odd, because all of the other places we visited, I spoke the native language, and so I felt like I somehow belonged. However, Dutch being the native language of Amsterdam, I immediately felt an odd sense of not belonging. Anyway, this feeling passed the first night, when we went to a friendly neighbourhood coffeeshop. This is one thing I must address: as most know, the Netherlands is quite the tolerant and liberal countrz. This being so, prostitution is legal, as i the selling of socalled soft drugs by authoriyed dealers. (forgive me!!! on this German keyboard, the y and the z have switched places!!!) So... Cafes will onlz sell coffee; however, coffee shops sell coffee AND have a weed menu. No joke. I have pictures to prove it. ASo this was quie the interestzing experience!!! Anyway, in Amsterdam, a heat wave rolled through, and we were stuck in the middle of it. Imagine that-- we realiyed that out of 18 travel days, we hadnt felt one dro of rain! We have been SWEATING this eENTIRE trip!!!! Gaaaaaaaaaaah!!! anyway, we made a friend in Amsterdam. His name was Yu and was from Toronto. He was swell. We hung out with him and started a 3 night ritual whee we went to this bar by our hostel and ordered their coffee and apple pie for 3 euros deal. Goood times...
Last night we got to Koln. We chilled with Kaja and it was SO LOVELZ to see her!!!(For those who do not know, by the way, Kaja is a friend who came to Canada in my lat year of hgh school, for 6 months, and we have kept in touch since). Herfamily is lovely. Her mom totally went out of her way to cook us a meal yesterday and breakfast was ready when we woke. A beautiful house she has, and while sit here typing, I am looking out onto a plain in her backyard. HGreenn, sunny... lovely.
That is all.
Fare well!!
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