Comments on: Amsterdam, Netherlands, Part 2 http://www.alexloddengaard.com/2008/08/28/amsterdam-netherlands-part-2/ A blog by Alex Loddengaard Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:14:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Alex Loddengaard http://www.alexloddengaard.com/2008/08/28/amsterdam-netherlands-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1216 Alex Loddengaard Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:26:49 +0000 http://www.alexloddengaard.com/?p=430#comment-1216 Van Gogh. Whoops :). Fixie kid? Andrew? No way. Clint, I didn't get to see the Sea Palace or the central Library. Another day I suppose :). Van Gogh. Whoops :). Fixie kid? Andrew? No way.

Clint, I didn’t get to see the Sea Palace or the central Library. Another day I suppose :).

]]> By: Huckleberry Hart http://www.alexloddengaard.com/2008/08/28/amsterdam-netherlands-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 Huckleberry Hart Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:12:38 +0000 http://www.alexloddengaard.com/?p=430#comment-1211 Van GOSH! That's awesome. Did you hear I got a fixed gear? I can't ride it though. My pants are too tight, I can't move my legs. Van GOSH! That’s awesome. Did you hear I got a fixed gear? I can’t ride it though. My pants are too tight, I can’t move my legs.

]]> By: Clint http://www.alexloddengaard.com/2008/08/28/amsterdam-netherlands-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1209 Clint Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:21:30 +0000 http://www.alexloddengaard.com/?p=430#comment-1209 Really, after you're in Amsterdam more than a week or so you start to realize that most of the people flocking to the coffee houses and red light district and such are tourists –– actually, in the summer, everyone in Holland (everyone in Europe, really!) goes on vacation, so the number of people you saw in Amsterdam was like half the number of people that are normally there, and tourists outnumbered real residents by like 3-1 since all the residents were gone. You didn't happen to check out the Sea Palace (the floating Chinese restaurant) or the central Library (north of the restaurant) did you? Really, after you’re in Amsterdam more than a week or so you start to realize that most of the people flocking to the coffee houses and red light district and such are tourists –– actually, in the summer, everyone in Holland (everyone in Europe, really!) goes on vacation, so the number of people you saw in Amsterdam was like half the number of people that are normally there, and tourists outnumbered real residents by like 3-1 since all the residents were gone.

You didn’t happen to check out the Sea Palace (the floating Chinese restaurant) or the central Library (north of the restaurant) did you?

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