The other night Kirsten and I were enjoying sitting outside at a cafe named Cafe ‘t Smalle, right on the edge of Egelantiersgracht, where it joins Prinsengracht (gracht means canal). I was literally 20cm from the edge. A very picturesque place, I wished I had brought my camera for the folks back home.
During our hourlong stay, no less than four small boats docked at the cafe to get beers, some drank them on their boat whilst others managed to get a table outside. What a life! Kirsten and I decided that we must get a boat.
There was a short bit of rain, but being the true Amsterdammers that we now are, we did not get up. No other tables did either. It would be crazy to give up an outside table during summertime and in ‘good weather’.
The Westerkerk bells chimed on the hour, and after four chimes, both of us sang danana danana dununun-un which, as you recognise, is the start of AC/DC’s Hell’s Bells. We must be getting a bit homesick if we’re grasping at any Aussie reference we can find. And yes, I have started listening to AC/DC sometimes. Anyway, we now know that AC/DC sampled the Westerkerk for Hell’s Bells.
Now playing: AC – Hells Bells