December 30thSo after some time in Uk it was on to Amsterdam for some fun. meeting us there was 7 of the dallas party crew as well as a couple of Karens friends. (Chris, Karen,Anita,Aliza,Kevin,James and Brett.
We arrived in a blizzard...couldn't even see in front of us as we battled with the backpacks to find our hotel. Got there with 30 minutes to spare as Chris had booked us in for dinner at the "Supperclub cruise". Cruise didn't really cruise too much thanks to the snowstorm going on outside (which was fine with Karl) but it was busy and the whole floor was one giant bed all in whites and chrome.
There was a Dj spinning house and 5 courses came out...all out of this world !! Inbetween courses we danced...on the deck, on the bed,,,everywhere. Great vibe.
We drank bottles of wine and Aliza (who hates techno) was the biggest dancer of us all !!!!!???
The meal lasted hours and we were all pretty trashed by the end of it. I don't even know what time we left the boat but it was still snowing and really late...still we went on a search for another club to carry on the dancing.............
We walked and stumble through the snow trying to find someplace cool. Eventually came to "eleven" which was in a disused warehouse and really bizarre location in the middle of a construction site. One single door led the way to graffiti corridors and then a guy appeared and let us into a lift which took us to the top floor and there was the club. Not busy like we had hoped but decent music so we settled in to enjoy the night
....until minutes late some dodgy guy came on the stage and started singing along to old style techno...Ugh...pretty awful so we decided to call it a night and back out into the storm to find our hotels !!!!!
New yrs eve.
After a day of sightseeing...wandering the canals, eating great Indonesian food and getting our culture fix at the Rijks museum we prepared for the news yrs eve night at Dam square !!!!!
filled our pockets and bags with bottles of alcohol and smokes and headed to the square to find a good spot. Already fireworks had started and the Djs and beer tents had set up. Was an awesome atmosphere with 30 000 people all set to party. As midnight approached the fireworks got louder and more frequent til it felt more like a war zone. They weren't just going
up in the air but along the square, into the crowd...everywhere !!!! It was a bit hairy but added to the excitement. Midnight was madness...yelling and fireworks, singing and kissing.....Me and the girls ended up on a lion statue with a great view all around and spent the rest of the time dancing whilst clinging onto the lion at the same time !!!!!! Quite an experience !!!
January 1st 2006 !!!
Started the day nursing hangovers at a pancake bakery...what a great start to the new yr !!!
More sightseeing afterwards and lots of photo ops as we took a canal boat tour.That night we wandered the back street checking out the infamous red light district. Some dodgy characters wandering around there(not including us). The girls are sat in the windows at eye level either stroking their bodies to entice men or more often looking very bored reading a book or on the phone !!!!!!!!!!!! heres how it works...browse all windows looking for girl...knock on window...girl lets you in...curtains close and ...bobs your uncle ...instant sex!!!...short time passes...guys come out...curtains open and ready for the next customer....NICE ?!!
Girls had either of two looks
a: sweet and innocent blond russian type
b: fat ugly and possible transvestite
Im assuming there was a price difference between the two but obviously never got to find that out !!
Dinner was an expensive but traditional dutch restaur
ant with lots of meats and potato type foodsWe had already partook in a few coffee shops at this point but decided tonight was the night to sample the infamous space cakes.
BIG Mistake !!!
Effects didn't hit me til ages later when we were in a club called Escape (ironically enough !!)
First I just felt a bit weird...like a little disconnected from my body. The slowly it got worse. I grabbed Karen and said lets go get some air and we ended up sitting on the stairs for ai don't know how long !!! It was very strange and very trippy. At first kinda fun and spacey but then gradually got to where I was feeling really bad and just wanted it to stop. tried to make myself sick but that seemed only be make it worse....eventually Karl came to take me back to the hotel. The walk home was odd. I was not even in my own body and it was like I was trying to control my movements with a joystick. I wasn't falling all over like when Im drunk just wanlking very placid but all the time my mid was racing and I was scared not knowing how I was moving or walking.
Even back at the hotel and in bed the feelings kept getting worse..my heart was racing and I had "sliding vision" like I would say something to karl and then not realize and say it again.
I couldn't keep in reality and spent hours trying to focus on one thing to keep myself from drifting off again.......It lasted hours and scared the crap out of me.
Next morning it was as though nothing had ever happened.
I had survived an Amsterdam Space Cake !!!!!!
January 2nd. 2006
the group is now down to 4 of us and we spent the day wandering the canals, the flower market, Jewish quarter and ate both lunch and dinner at cheap brown cafes both of which had a really dive feel to them...warm and cozy though.
One final walk though the narrow street and late night food from the Diiirrrtyyy kebab shops.
Our last night...no one wanted to leave and head back to Dallas.
We had a flight back to UK...one more night there and then another flight to Dallas..........
Another britgirl adventure closes its doors
