9/10/2007
History abounds, sleep awaits
Day One -- Berlin When the first sight that greeted me, upon landing at Berlin's airport, was a store called Love Sex and Dreams (LSD), I thought I had landed in Amsterdam's airport by mistake. Having many preconceived notions before starting my exciting, yet affordable two-city excursion, I couldn...
9/10/2007
History abounds, sleep awaits
As we followed the pink lead car and listened to our guide (when we didn't lose the radio frequency), we got great views of Tiergarten Park, the Victory Tower, the Reichstag and the Brandenburg Gate. Even though, by the time our safari was done, my legs had become a little stiff and I had sweat...
9/10/2007
Rainy days abound, sleep still awaits and a wild night is to be had
Day One, or is it Day Two -- Amsterdam It was about 9 a.m. when we arrived in Amsterdam, only 10 hours later than our scheduled arrival. In need of showers and some sleep, our Holland guide, Bianca (who had been our tripmate all this time), was just as tired as we were and knew there was no way we...
9/10/2007
Rainy days abound, sleep still awaits and a wild night is to be had
It was time to move on to 'Dam's music scene and I seemed to be in the right frame of mind to do just that. Once again, it was raining off and on, but the Amserdam Roots Festival was located at an indoor venue - the Melkweg on Lijnbaansgracht http://www.melkweg.nl and http://www.amsterdamroots.nl....
