Greetings from Amsterdam … actually I am departing tomorrow for Nairobi.  Great city this Amsterdam, went to a hard rock / metal club last night.  It was a throwback to partying in my friend’s basement back in the early to mid-80’s in suburban north NJ or like some of the clubs I used to go to, except the band was from Venezuela ...  I even made a friend, an English gentleman wearing a spiked dog collar.

… took the tourist trail through the red light district.  I always thought the term red-light was some sort of figure of speech but there were actually red lights on the street.  I now have some perspective on Roxanne.

The place is bike crazy, it is actually dangerous if you are oblivious like me.  The trains, cars and bikes are all intersecting each other.  The cars are pretty easy to avoid but the bikes (including motorcycles and scooters) are unpredictable. Well, off to wander the city some more.

Awesome Dave! Have a GREAT TIME!!!

Nairobi?

:-)

Have a great trip Dave! Don't wander down any dark side streets...

That sounds like fun.  Bon Vogage, Dave.  

Been there (in '81).  Fun place.  We took the Heineken brewery tour (which led to a lot of recovery time afterwards) - heh...  We also did the walk through the red light district (no one partaking) and were constantly told to go to the Milky Way (a hashish bar) but no one did that either...  Oh well!

and were constantly told to go to the Milky Way (a hashish bar) but no one did that either...

I certainly wouldn’t go to one of the “coffee” shops like the Bull Dog or Dolphin and even if I did I certainly wouldn’t pay 12 Euros for a “cigarette” … uh … what was I talking about … oh yea, so I was having a rational conversation about the Queen with this guy from England wearing a spiked dog collar (not me, the guy from England) at this hard rock club when I must of said something witty.  He said to me, “oh, I see what you are doing there”, and I cracked because I had this vision of Jonbouy without the dog collar of course.

I did have the best pizza since leaving NJ.

I think I heard that "foreigners" are no longer allowed in those coffee shops as of the first of the year...  Not sure what all the politics behind it are.

Not that I know this through personal experience but they are still letting "foreigners" in.  As a matter of fact I saw Lou Gramm walking into one of the places.

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Not that I know this through personal experience but they are still letting "foreigners" in.  As a matter of fact I saw Lou Gramm walking into one of the places.

Sounds like he was a Long, Long Way From Home.