Random: The hostel plays mostly American 80s music all day. It sort of fits the Amsterdam atmosphere in some ways.
Our first stop of the day was the Jordaan neighborhood market, only a few blocks from our hostel. Came away with: dried gojiberries, cashews, banana chips, pineapple, clementines, bananas, peppered mackerel, watermelon, strawberries, choco scone, whole wheat pancake thingys. We love markets! This one wasn't just a food market though -- for example, across from a fruit & vege stall might be a clothing stall.
The bike garage near the train station actually has *several* levels! I wouldn't be surprised if the city has more bikes than cars (or people!).
We discovered that the main streets of Amsterdam can be crowded mid-day, most especially since this might be high season (flower time and the weekend after Queen's Day).
On the non-main streets, we saw some cleaning of the leftover celebration litter. Also, there's a few less public urinals than we saw yesterday; I guess they put out more for the party. It's still a strange sight for us to see men pee in public using those urinals.
RS walk through the city through various neighborhoods and basically taking us the whole day ^-^
Lunch at La Place, an awesome cafeteria! We bought a 'salad' and then complemented it with our peppered mackerel and whole wheat pancakes from the market.
Flower market, where people were picking out their tulip bulbs. I loved the shop that had all these dried flowers hanging from the ceiling! It reminded me of Summer Scent.
I didn't know bulbs came in so many shapes!
Amsterdam is a very open city. Aside from all the coffeeshops, you can stock up on your supply of magic mushrooms and choose your type of 'trip'. Of course, bringing these back through customs to the U.S. is a no-no.
*Really* fast food.
Big chess! It was interesting to watch all the people discussing the game with each other and what the next move should be.
Rollerbladers and rollerskaters in Vondelpark! Vondelpark was just cool. It's someplace I'd go to often if I lived here.
It almost seems like every big city has its crews of locking, popping, and breaking. And of course, other street performers as well. This one spot was shared by a few performers, each taking their turns and then resting. The soccer ball guy was kind of cool -- he could climb up and down a lamppost *while* manipulating a soccer ball!
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