Once we had Kirsty we made our way to our hostel.. We were staying at a camping ground in a cabin, half an hour out of town. Accommodation was scarce that weekend as there was the Madonna concert on as well as a big dance party -Sensation White. The camp site we stayed as was nice, it had big fat bunnies that would hang around on the lawn, they were not scared of people. And then our cabin smelled of weed - Think it had been hotboxed one too many times. lol.
The first night we went did some of the usual things you do in Amsterdam - went to the Sex Museum (which was kind of boring I dont rate it) and checked out a coffee shop - these new laws dont seem to have been enforced yet, there is still weed sold everywhere. We also tried some dutch pancakes - I really love them!!! They are thick and they put chopped fruit and things in them. YUMMY!
We also checked out the Red Light District. Celene wanted to take a picture of the atomosphere, not anyone in particular, but she caught the eye of some prostitute, who got all angry and started yelling and swearing at her because she thought she was trying to take a picture of her. Later on in our travels, we meet another friend of ours - she also said she had a similar incident, and it sounds like it was the same prostitute. Funny!
The next evening we went to the dance party - Sensation White. It was a big event at the stadium, 40,000 people attended. On our way in, we were busting to use the toilet (toilets are hard to find in Europe when you are busting!) so we passed this building which had it´s back door open, and snuck in there to use their toilet. When we were in there, we had to wait in line with the others, we got talking to them, turns out we had snuck into a party - the Madonna after party. She had just done her concert somewhere nearby, and the after party was there. haha, we couldnt believe it! The set at Sensation White was AMAZING. We danced the night away till 7am, then caught the train back to our hostel in the morning.
The next evening I went to meet Paula a relative of mine who lives in Canada, but who just so happened to be in Amsterdam with her sister at the same time. It was nice to see her again, I haden´t seen Paula since she last came to New Zealand. And was good to meet Mary Beth.
The next day we went to check out the famous markets in Amsterdam. I bought quite a few different kinds of food, and celene bought a few clothes.
The next day we caught a train out to Rotterdam, and hired bikes, and cycled around that city, seeing the weird and wonderful building they have there.
The day after that we went we went to the Heniken Brewery. We had so much fun going here, we went on a tour through the brewery, and then at the end we had a few beers (which turned into a few more) and then went on a river cruise. We had intended to go to the Anne Frank house in the afternoon, but we ended up spending more time in the Heineken brewery than expected, so ran out of time. lol
That evening we flew to Spain to make our way to Pamplona for San Fermin (Running of the Bulls).
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