Oh Amsterdam.
Day three and I’m ready to leave. It’s too much like Vegas where too easily things can get crazy really quickly. I walked through the red light district and came out with only the feeling of disgust. I headed to a place that is famous for their pancakes and waited in line for 30 minutes for my table of one. The food was delish and then I did a little more shopping and wandering. The Italian photographer I met in Paris is having a gallery show so I make my way south on the tram and drink wine and look at art with a faux interest. It is great to see the Italian and her energy always surprises me. She is very gregarious and makes me smile. I got back to my hostel unsure of what to do with the rest of my evening. I didn’t really want to get high by myself since I had seen what too much of a good thing can do to the people here. I needed a buddy.
I had the room to myself the last two nights, which was kind of nice, but I also had not met anyone new which was a bummer. The girls in the room across the hall seem kind of crazy and every time the door swings open it looks like a bomb went off in their room. I guessed them to be Russian but I’m not sure. I knocked on their door to ask them if they knew of any place to go dancing. Turns out they are all from Glasgow, Scotland and their accents are SO thick I can hardly make out what they are saying. They invite me in for a drink. They are all in their early 20’s and here for a concert. They look like they are doubles for Jersey Shore with their poofs, eyeliner and neon skin tight clothes. They insist I spend the evening with them when they learn I am traveling alone. I realized before they asked me that I would have to tone myself down a bit.. so when they asked how old I was I said 26 and it was met with a gasp and “you are so old!”. …… I laugh to myself as I’m typing this. So there you have it. I got drunk and high with these jersey shore scots and could only understand every other thing they said which was entertainment all its own. A perfect end to my time in Amsterdam.
