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I arrived in Amsterdam yesterday and I need to make this short, because this place is so unforgettably crazy. I rocked up at the station with no place to go, so I headed straight to the tourist office and told them what I was looking for. The guy behind the counter, just laughed and said ‘it’s Saturday night, there’s nothing available. I thought that was pretty unhelpful, so I struck out on my own. I walked for about an hour and came across one of the five star Amsterdam hotels, walked up to the registers desk, and they had a room available, not only did they have a room, but I got a discount. There was some kind of promotion going on, and I just happened to catch the tail-end of it.

After that, I caught the train ‘Amsterdam Centraal‘ and as soon as I stepped off, it was just crazy. So many people everywhere. I’ve always heard that Amsterdam is crazy, but to experience just how crazy, first hand, made me truly understand what people were talking about. I was 30 minutes into walking about and I was offered so many things, (I’m glad I didn’t bring my Mom, she’d be freaking out right about now). I just politely refused all of it. I found that Amsterdam has a plethora of T-shirt shops. I bought one, a bit expensive, but it will be my reminder every time I where it, just how crazy this place is.

After walking around for about an hour and seeing so many weird and unusual shops, I stopped in at a Coffee Shop. Every block had one and I ordered some fries. I hung our there for about 2 hours. People watching and having people watch me people watch. I then found an Internet cafe and found I had to order a beer and drink it while I used the Internet. It was compulsory. I found out, after being in Amsterdam for a few days, that request like the one at the Internet cafe are common.

After some more walking about, I bought a bottle of wine and a 6-pack of beer to drink during the rest of the evening. I ended up very drunk and all I remember was laughing on the train heading back to my hotel. The reason for the laughing was, that most trains will ‘beep’ just before a stop, but the Centraal Station cranks out techno music 10 seconds before a stop and then an overhead voice says ‘Ha Ha!’  I found that so very funny and it fit in perfect with he city.

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