Sunday, June 17, 2007

Amsterdam

Well we have been incredibly fortunate with our trip to Amsterdam this time. After taking a sleeping train to the middle of nowhere and changing trains twice in the early hours of the morning we arrived here at 0820hrs. At least one person we know didnt make the connections and we think prob woke up in Paris by accident. We didnt have anywhere to stay here in Amsterdam so we headed over to the old fav, the flying pig. We didnt know this but at 0830hrs they sold all the beds that we left over for that night. We JUST made it, pretty much after us everyone was turned away. We got a double bunk too which is perfect. Since then we have had to get up early every monring to secure a bed for the following night. So far the job hunting is going slowly. We decided we didnt want to be illegal immigrants so we're only looking for jobs with either a visa attached or just for room and board. We'll leave tommorrow night if nothing eventuates. Still, its been another great time in an amazing city. Being the weekend is a bit different, have to avoid the tourist areas and leave alot of time for getting home through the crowds. Andrew calls this the Vegas of Europe but I reckon that once you get out of the tourist areas this city is magical.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

hey alice!!!
wow just found some time to have a read through some of your travel experience ;) the offer to stay with us in austria is still open and i really would love to catch up. we have a wee baby boy called Marlon Thomas, born on the 9th of June.
hope to hear from you soon,
nicole
nici.dodd@gmx.at

Alice said...

NICOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats!!!!! Thats soooo exciting!! I was thinking of you thismorning as we arrived in Prague! I will email you.
Alice