Well... I is now in Amsterdam! The ride here was great. I took a high speed train, it was so nice, I had to check to make sure I wasn't in first class by mistake. The seats were large and comfortable, there was huge dining car with great food, and it was so quiet and smooth, this ain't no LIRR that's for sure. So now I'm in the world capital of interesting activities. I was able to tell as soon I came into the train station, that sweet smell you only find at rock concerts and friend's houses ;-) I found my hostel very quick, it's called the flying pig (you can go to their website www.flyingpig.nl) and they have a "happy room" as soon as you walk in. I walked around for a little while and went to the to quinticential Amsterdam museums 'the sex museum' and 'the marijuna and hash museum'. It was rather neat to see a growing room in person, particularly a legal one. I got yelled at for taking a picture it was quite funny. I also took a walk around the red light district, so interesting. They litterally mean 'red lights' everywhere you see these red neon lights that go across the top of these glass doors, and behind the glass door, a half naked woman. Not always attractive, but either way they just stand there and beckon to passersby to have 15 minutes of fun. And for the room they take you to; all they do is pull a curtain accross the door and it's your own personal, 5 foot deep, room or pleasure dome if you will. So freakin' odd, it brings total new meaning to window shopping. It's odd I watched a couple of people who used these places and they were for the most part normal people, probably on their way home from work and back to their wife. They also have places that have live sex shows right in front of you in a caberet type setting. Well that's all for now I think it's out I go to explore some more... Oh yeah, this city has a hussel and bussel quality that is only beat by NYC.