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And then there was Amsterdam ...

Posted by yyztrvlr | 11th February 2007

Well here I am in sunny and dry London where naturally the topic of conversation is the heat. The amusing part is that the heat here is nothing like the temperatures back in Toronto when I left a few days ago.

All is well in Amsterdam where I swear around every corner I turned there was Bern. It was a bit strange, but everyone in this city looks like Bern. At least not the ones that are toothless and whacked out on crack. They just look pathetic.

The city has taken a bit of a downturn in the cleanliness aspect.
Garbage is strewn everywhere and as I walked up the deserted early morning streets after my plane landed I knew exactly what had happened the night before. A lot of drinking and vomiting. I would have said that it was a result of a Friday night but the streets looked no better during the day on following Sunday or Monday mornings.

It has been 3 years since my last trip to Amsterdam and I was able to make my way to the hotel without a map to guide me and I only got tur

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