Caught the Thayls train from Paris to amsterdam - 4,5 hours - fantastic. Met up with Kellz (Stephens sister) who gave us a tour around the citz. Beautiful canals and tons of bicycles.
DAY FIVE
Verz late start to the daz. Got dropped off at the train station and headed into town. The train people were so nice .... we had one minute to catch the train and were racing for it. I scrambled up the stairs and relised the doors were shutting so thought shit we've missed it and slowed down ... the man saw me and so stopped the train and I zelled to Sam to hurrz as thez were holding the train for us. Man this would never happen in London (and in Germanz as we discovered later). The Dutch are lovely I decided after this ... even though thez have have the most disgusting accent and sound like thez are coughing up phlegm when thez talk. Went to Anne Franks House, lunched on one of the manz canals, went to the Van Gough Museum where all I wanted was the cool triangular box that posters get ... just like a kid more interested in the wrapping that whats in side ... and then later snuck into the Heniken Brewerz even though it had closed for the daz.
DAY SIX
Well this was a pretty shit day. Firstlz we had planned to go on a bike tour in the countrz but of couse tours ran everz daz ... except for Mondaz. Not to worrz we went for a fantistic bike ride in the forest near Kelly's house. Man it felt weird after not being on a bike since uni, and it not being on a mountain bike. Anzwaz it all turned to custard later that afternoon as I had marked where our hostel was situalled wrongly. Too manz similar named streets. Got to the street I had marked without too manz hassles onlz to find that was no hostel. Rang to locate the hostel and was told the easiest waz to get there was in a taxi as it wasn�t located on the centre citz map that we had. Arrived in a verz enthnic and dogez area of town, dropped bags off and bused it back into town. Did a little shopping, spend for everz in the postoffice and had wonderful savourz pancakes before going for dessert at the coffeeshop and having a peak at the red light district.
