Day trip to Amsterdam / Pre-Peep meeting

Andiline · 11-06-2005

I will open a different thread for this one and because I haven't even looked at the pics yet, I will start with telling you a short episode as a teaser which will show you a little bit the spirit of Amsterdam....

In the morning I walked around the city to take pics and only later one Teezet called me and we meet. When he called I was near some museums and suddenly I saw the sign 'Restrooms'. Could use one so I went inside. Paid 50 cents and went in. Then I stopped on my toes as through glass doors I saw two women sitting there doing their stuff. So I thought 'Heck, I don't want a glass door...' I spotted a door with milky glass and decided to wait outside as obviously there was someone inside. And while I was waiting suddenly I saw that little sign on each door 'When locking the door the transparency in the door will disappear!'

Seakony · 11-06-2005

Well that sounds stupid...why not just a regular door? And you have to pay???

Andiline · 11-06-2005

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Originally Posted by Seakony

Well that sounds stupid...why not just a regular door? And you have to pay???

Yeah, the glass door was somehow unusal but once I had locked the door it really wasn't transparent any more. I found the idea somehow original (once I knew how it worked

) ...

It's not unusual to pay for it as it helps keep them clean (I remember that in Tulum I even got a ticket for it

).

Andiline · 11-06-2005

I am somehow lazy today but here is a teaser...

See that Teezet and myself liked the margaritas?

TAPPY · 11-06-2005

Great pic of you and TZ !!!! Looks like you both were having a good time !!!

**james** · 11-06-2005

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Originally Posted by Seakony

Well that sounds stupid...why not just a regular door? And you have to pay???

this is a common North American reaction to Europe (for me it was, for sure), and I was pissed off back in, 94 was it?, in Munich, having to pay for a ketchup packet for some fries, but now I like all that electro-transparent glass stuff mixed right in with the old buildings and traditions, and I don't even mind so much putting the 5 Kronor into the "trolley" so I can unlock it and wheel it into the store (since you don't need lot attendents and you never get your car dinged from one, and you get your coin back) and I don't mind the little beers in Amsterdam. A nicely poured little tiny Heineken, a cappuchino with a little cookie, some orange juice and a "sticky." What a nice Amsterdam experience. Gezellig!

Except they gotta fix those shopping carts. Rear wheels that pivot... whose idea was that?

Ginger · 11-06-2005

We have to pay for the shopping carts at the grocery stores here. It does ensure (mostly) that people return them (then you get your quarter or loonie back).

I think pay toilets is a good idea. Stops the homeless and druggies from using them to do drugs or take a bath in the sink

I first saw this when we were with Michael Holmes in San Franciso.

Andiline · 11-06-2005

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Originally Posted by TAPPY

Great pic of you and TZ !!!! Looks like you both were having a good time !!!

Food was great too! We intend to go there with the other peeps in may, once the European peep meeting is getting serious!

I don't really care about paying for the restrooms. If that keeps them clean I am more than willing to contribute... (and you don't ALWAYS have to pay, happens mostly in public places - in restaurants and bars you usually don't have to).

**TeeZet** · 11-06-2005

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Originally Posted by Andiline

Food was great too!...

Affirmative!

My dish: Tostada with Chile Colorado, Rice, Frijoles Refritos with a finish of some lettuce, tomato and an orange (that last item I skipped, yuck!)

The margarita and Pacifico were nice, too...

Thor Henning · 11-07-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andiline

Food was great too! We intend to go there with the other peeps in may, once the European peep meeting is getting serious!

I thought it was very serious?

Edit: Wow! This was my post #500.

Andiline · 11-07-2005

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Originally Posted by Thor Henning

I thought it was very serious?

Edit: Wow! This was my post #500.

Yes, it is serious what I meant is that last saturday it was just sort of a prelude but then in may we WILL get serious.

shiantry · 11-07-2005

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Originally Posted by james

and I don't mind the little beers in Amsterdam. A nicely poured little tiny Heineken, a cappuchino with a little cookie, some orange juice and a "sticky." What a nice Amsterdam experience. Gezellig!

Except they gotta fix those shopping carts. Rear wheels that pivot... whose idea was that?

Now I know why I find everything is sooo big in America

...I live in a microscopic little country if you ask some people from far away can you point the Netherlands on a globe map...Yes, you can find Europe

but from that point on they have to use a microscoop to find us

Belgium is even a little smaller...
Now that you mentioned the whole little thing...

you pointed me on a fact that, (serious) I think therefore like it the little a little

But if you ask where or what is Amsterdam

...we must say "Gezelig hé, zeker weten*"

*translation: Gezellig, it shore is*

shiantry · 11-07-2005

You both had a great time

I am sorry for not being able to come to the Amsterdam peeps meet...Good to see that you both had fun

...and margarita's to

Nice...

Andiline · 11-07-2005

Okay, here we go, here are some pics. Of course I have much more and will post them sooner or later on my website but not sure when this will be as November and December are always busy months with a lot of birthdays.... most of the pics are just impressions so you can catch a little bit the spirit of that city (which a lot of Europeans do like a lot):

This is the train station:

The Begijnen Hof

Andiline · 11-07-2005

Next part....

Van Gogh Museum

Stadelijke Museum

Rijksmuseum

Mr. and Mrs. Teezet

11-06-2005	#1 (permalink)
Andiline añejo Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 9,871	Day trip to Amsterdam / Pre-Peep meeting I will open a different thread for this one and because I haven't even looked at the pics yet, I will start with telling you a short episode as a teaser which will show you a little bit the spirit of Amsterdam.... In the morning I walked around the city to take pics and only later one Teezet called me and we meet. When he called I was near some museums and suddenly I saw the sign 'Restrooms'. Could use one so I went inside. Paid 50 cents and went in. Then I stopped on my toes as through glass doors I saw two women sitting there doing their stuff. So I thought 'Heck, I don't want a glass door...' I spotted a door with milky glass and decided to wait outside as obviously there was someone inside. And while I was waiting suddenly I saw that little sign on each door 'When locking the door the transparency in the door will disappear!'

11-06-2005	#2 (permalink)
Seakony añejo Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 16,152	Well that sounds stupid...why not just a regular door? And you have to pay???

11-06-2005	#4 (permalink)
Andiline añejo Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 9,871	I am somehow lazy today but here is a teaser... See that Teezet and myself liked the margaritas?

11-06-2005	#5 (permalink)
TAPPY añejo Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 21,148	Great pic of you and TZ !!!! Looks like you both were having a good time !!!

11-06-2005	#7 (permalink)
Ginger añejo Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 11,229	We have to pay for the shopping carts at the grocery stores here. It does ensure (mostly) that people return them (then you get your quarter or loonie back). I think pay toilets is a good idea. Stops the homeless and druggies from using them to do drugs or take a bath in the sink I first saw this when we were with Michael Holmes in San Franciso.

11-07-2005	#13 (permalink)
shiantry reposado Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: moved to the beach Posts: 1,100	You both had a great time I am sorry for not being able to come to the Amsterdam peeps meet...Good to see that you both had fun ...and margarita's to Nice...

11-07-2005	#14 (permalink)
Andiline añejo Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 9,871	Okay, here we go, here are some pics. Of course I have much more and will post them sooner or later on my website but not sure when this will be as November and December are always busy months with a lot of birthdays.... most of the pics are just impressions so you can catch a little bit the spirit of that city (which a lot of Europeans do like a lot): This is the train station: The Begijnen Hof

11-07-2005	#15 (permalink)
Andiline añejo Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 9,871	Next part.... Van Gogh Museum Stadelijke Museum Rijksmuseum Mr. and Mrs. Teezet

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