Miki and I went to Amsterdam. We got back yesterday. These are some funny things that happened or that were fun.
1: The diamond museum. For some reason, you had to sign into this museum on a touch screen computer, and give your email and then this guy with a jacket on opened up the doors, and you were led into a room where about 10 tables had people polishign diamonds. About 5 of them were acutally working. It was a huge, disgusting place with tons of little rooms, coffee shops, souvenier places, and weird paintings. Around 5pm, this lady with tiny glasses on told us ''you're going to have to leave quickly''. They treat diamond shoppers with the upmost of care. We knew we were outside when we were under some sort of canvas tarp with a bunch of Chinese guys. There was a big zipper that suggested it was a door.
2: The Cheese Factory . Free samples galore. Lively conversation with the ladies who worked there who wore tripod hats.
3: The man in the octagon store who poured molten metal into a mold to make a spoon. He said he burns himself about once a year.
4: The BMI staff in England. They all stood at little podiums and looked like they were selling lemonade.
5: Hotel Sphynx . The stairs were super super steap and your legz hurt climbing them. we only went up three times, actually. When we got there, our neighbor Olga was having a hard time getting into her room. She said that the night prior, whoever was in our room was really loud. We promised to be quiet. Later we would accidentally fall asleep with the tv on and she banged on teh wall to tell us to turn it off, but i didnt' hear any of this. Miki said she sort of just got up and turned it off and heard the complaining. She teaches art history in Virginia (Olga, not Miki).
6: The wooden shoe factory. Chinese businessmen all ooohed when the craftsman working there blew in a hole and dust came out. One man jokingly tried on a shoe.
7: BMI staff in Amsterdam: One lady had an eye lid lower on the left than on the right and a man looked like Michael Stype. They were both entertaining and were delighted to hear our idea about opening a BMI museum in Amsterdam.
8: The best toy store in the world by the fabric market.
9: The chocolate covered waffles.
10: Conversation eves-dropper in the airport.
11: man who abaondoned his luggage cart.
12: NEDERLANDS BLAZERS ENSEMBLE in The Hague ; their concert was really good and they gave you free booze and eatin's at 1/2 time.
not great things
1: man who kicked us off the train cause we gave ourselves a 40% discount on the tickets
2: baby who miki almost smashed
3: when we were on the train, it was crowded. i had my backpack on. When people were tryign to get out, it rubbed against a lady's shoulder. She said ''Your bag on my head goes Bang! Bang!" Wait, that's not a bad thing. Put a 1 in front of the 3, and make it 13 in the good category.
Much peace and love!
1: The diamond museum. For some reason, you had to sign into this museum on a touch screen computer, and give your email and then this guy with a jacket on opened up the doors, and you were led into a room where about 10 tables had people polishign diamonds. About 5 of them were acutally working. It was a huge, disgusting place with tons of little rooms, coffee shops, souvenier places, and weird paintings. Around 5pm, this lady with tiny glasses on told us ''you're going to have to leave quickly''. They treat diamond shoppers with the upmost of care. We knew we were outside when we were under some sort of canvas tarp with a bunch of Chinese guys. There was a big zipper that suggested it was a door.
2: The Cheese Factory . Free samples galore. Lively conversation with the ladies who worked there who wore tripod hats.
3: The man in the octagon store who poured molten metal into a mold to make a spoon. He said he burns himself about once a year.
4: The BMI staff in England. They all stood at little podiums and looked like they were selling lemonade.
5: Hotel Sphynx . The stairs were super super steap and your legz hurt climbing them. we only went up three times, actually. When we got there, our neighbor Olga was having a hard time getting into her room. She said that the night prior, whoever was in our room was really loud. We promised to be quiet. Later we would accidentally fall asleep with the tv on and she banged on teh wall to tell us to turn it off, but i didnt' hear any of this. Miki said she sort of just got up and turned it off and heard the complaining. She teaches art history in Virginia (Olga, not Miki).
6: The wooden shoe factory. Chinese businessmen all ooohed when the craftsman working there blew in a hole and dust came out. One man jokingly tried on a shoe.
7: BMI staff in Amsterdam: One lady had an eye lid lower on the left than on the right and a man looked like Michael Stype. They were both entertaining and were delighted to hear our idea about opening a BMI museum in Amsterdam.
8: The best toy store in the world by the fabric market.
9: The chocolate covered waffles.
10: Conversation eves-dropper in the airport.
11: man who abaondoned his luggage cart.
12: NEDERLANDS BLAZERS ENSEMBLE in The Hague ; their concert was really good and they gave you free booze and eatin's at 1/2 time.
not great things
1: man who kicked us off the train cause we gave ourselves a 40% discount on the tickets
2: baby who miki almost smashed
3: when we were on the train, it was crowded. i had my backpack on. When people were tryign to get out, it rubbed against a lady's shoulder. She said ''Your bag on my head goes Bang! Bang!" Wait, that's not a bad thing. Put a 1 in front of the 3, and make it 13 in the good category.
Much peace and love!
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