I now live on Keizersgracht, southeast of Leidsestraat. I am extremely happy and excited. It is considered impossible to get an apartment on a canal, I have been repeatedly advised to not even try. I have achieved the impossible. This is beyond awesome! I have to give full credit to Breigh, who found the ad… Continue reading OMG!1111!!! BEST NEWS EVAR!!!!
Month: November 2005
no such thing as coincidence
Last night, as every night here, I decided to go out. I walked up to Leidseplein and had a nourishing dinner of a brootje kroket from FEBO and caught the #5 tram into de Dam. I walked through Warmoestraat and got some 5th Gear for later and then went over to Nieuwmarkt, which has changed… Continue reading no such thing as coincidence
Bulldog
I forgot to say – on Friday night I went into the Bulldog, on the grounds that I can’t mock a place without having been there. Now I can. I went to the “nightclub” Bulldog on Leidseplein, not any of the coffeeshops. It was a total sausage fest, the ten or so women in the… Continue reading Bulldog
abode
I went to have a look at a room yesterday in De Baarsjes, not an encouraging experience. Despite the 2
Amsterdam
I arrived at Schipol airport yesterday afternoon, and conveniently there was an immigration office before passport control. I cam to them and explained the situation. The lady said “don’t worry, you are Australian” and I was stamped and let in. The weather was pretty horrible, quite dark at 3pm, raining and cold. Due to these… Continue reading Amsterdam
Leaving London
Tomorrow morning I am flying to Amsterdam and hopefully I will be let into the country with a minimum of imprisonment. Breigh tells me that the Netherlands is even colder than here in London, so I am a bit scared, not to mention sartorially under-prepared. So tomorrow is the big step out of the comfort… Continue reading Leaving London
brother-in-law
I can’t believe I forgot to post about this. On Michelle’s birthday her boyfriend Luke became her fiance when he proposed marriage. The ring is an antique with a ruby surrounded by diamonds. Michelle is very happy, as are the rest of the family including myself. Congratulations, Michelle and Luke.
Jailbird
I am writing this from a detention holding cell in London’s Heathrow airport, in my trusty moleskine. My uneventful 13.5hr flight from Hong Kong landed at 04:50. After walking through kilometres of corridors I was at passport control by 05:20, and was in detention from 5:25. I was not given any explanation and was left… Continue reading Jailbird