Amsterdamaged.

So we survived Amsterdam- just. After almost missing our flight we finally made it to our hostel in the dead centre of the red light district. As soon as i stepped onto the street I could already tell it was not going to be anything like Berlin. There were rowdy young tourists everywhere, shop fronts filled with oversized condoms, leather bound mannicans and sexy woman in limited clothing. Smoke fills the streets as overly-smiley people walk out of the coffee shops, and they head towards the nearest food store- which match the number of coffee shops. Their shelves are filled with giant pizzas, hot dogs with bacon and chees on top (this is absolutely delicious by the way, try it at home), strawberry tarts covered with cream, the list goes on. 
Randomly coincided with our Aussies: Lloyd, Dave and Akash again, so convinced Lloyd to join us for a big night. We met downn at the Irish bar connected to our hostel with some newly aquainted Americans, where we enjoyed 2 for 1 Heinekin and 10 Jager shots for €10!!! As you can imagine, the night proved to be quite crazy. Went on a pub crawl which took us to about 5 clubs, of which we only made it to about 4, from what I remember. We miraculously found our way home, which was quite a feat considering all the streets look exactly the same.
Most of the next day was spent recovering, however we did manage to venture out of the red light district to find ourselves a nice, secluded coffee shop which played the likes of Bob Marley and The Beatles. We then took to discovering the wonderful streets of Netherlands 'Suburbia', where there are beautiful canals lined with cobbled streets, bicycles scattered next to every tree and apartments of every clour. When we were tired from walking we stopped by a canal, watched some boats and white swans float by, and treated ourselves to a coffee and a crusty bread roll covered with tomato, mozarella and bazil. It's safe to say, we were in heaven. 
The next two nights were filled with pub crawls, clubs, countless free shots and many short-lived friendships with fellow crawlers. I made the discovery of the pun 'Hamsterdam' and thought it would be a great idea to get this as a tattoo with a little hamster running in a ball. Don't worry, I realized it was a bad idea before it was too late.
We managed to make it to the Van Gogh museum which was very impressive, seeing the famous sun flowers was one of the highlights. His  style is so unique and his life an intersting but depressing one. Was great to see such brilliant art in person, to see the detail a picture on the internet just can't duplicate. 

Sorry my blogs have included no pictures yet, I will try put some up eventually. But for now, my words will have to suffice. Currently in Barcelona having a wonderful time in the sun, but I will write more about it later.