Friday, December 21, 2001

Euro NOW!!!!!

Well my little trip changes every day! Just as I think I have a itinerary set in concrete! bing bad da boom!! (to quote Tony Soprano! (Vicki knows) lol) well what was I saying!! bing bad da boom!! I see something else I want to do! So this morning I was up and out and about and left Amsterdam! I was aiming for the 6.23am train to Brussels, Belgium! I got to the train station nice and early so I could figure what to do! Well that was a mistake! The station like most I would guess attracted all the homeless during the winter! Was not a issue but the Amsterdam Station also does not have a seat in site! So here I am at 5.35am in the Station. Watching these bloody beggars circling like sharks! Wanting money! It was kewl! Body language can do wonders some times! But I would hate to have the grave yard shift for the Politze! (police) all they do is go around & around & around & around & around the station telling the little buggers to piss off somewhere else!! I jumped onto the train and off I went! looking looking looking looking...... Boy it does not get light in Europe during winter!!! some things as aussies we take for granted as we just like are so used to it! As I was on the train (with my Mac and music) I did another itinerary and decided to take straight off to Bruge a small and largish city an hour from Brussels - almost on the border! I got to the Central station! my god! it looked like something out of the Cold War! ---- I battled to find the place to store my suitcase! - and I tell you it was a bloody battle to try and figure out how to use the friggen thing as well!! like 20 mins!! and people tell me im a genius at computers and the like!!! but had it figured and hopped onto the wrong train to the wrong place but in the right direction! thank god! so off again and onto another train! But before I left I had to PEE! now the reality of the Broadway musical that I only saw 2 weeks ago (twice) URINETOWN! hit me! I had to pay! But see I had just arrived and did not have any Belgium Franks! aaaawwwwwwww damn and if I wasn't care full there would be a bing bad da boom!! what to do what to do! I ran around chasing my arse and found a money place! got some coins I seriously now know the words for the show! now I got to Bruge - walked to where they said eating a cheese, ham and tomato baguette! WELL - WELL WHAT CAN I SAY! I wen there as the book said "Bruge - a majestic town with gothic beauty unparalleled elsewhere in Europe" and LIKE FUCK! WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD! surrounded by a circular canal and JESUS - the beauty there are note words for it! I did a hour tour in a group of the whole place! It seriously was like (bad very bad analogy) a giant DISNEY creation! that is the only thing in my vast knowledge that I could compare - all the architecture, the moats, canals, tiny tiny streets, the churches, cottages, restaurants! was truly amazing! I am so glad I went! I think that will be the highlight for me - as it was so small but sooooo big!!! But we will see what happens during my travel logs! at about 3pm I went back and was a little hungry! I stood trying to figure out what sort of waffles the were from the names!!! I ended up going with apple - which I guessed was apple! I got back to Brussels where I have not seen anything of yet - parts! EVERY WHERE I GO I HEAR BLOODY KYLIE MINOGUE! I like the new album but honestly ! they love her! Hope she is investing in property! I got to my hotel which is quite economical only $55us a nite! and the quality is like a 4 star that would be worth $150 - $200usa a nite in the normal times I think! Most hotels I have been into have been very slow and sluggish! I popped out and had a nice pasta dish near my hotel. Then its off to bed as I have a big day 2 morrow - have to be up at 5am - going to Luxembureg for the 6 hours - then back to Brussels for a afternoon tour and walk around then at 11.45pm I jump on those sleeping trains and go to Berlin!!! I arrive at 8.26am! I am starting to like the idea of the sleeping on the train as it does take up a lot of your day! But im alone so its good as I can get up early like im used to. And see this is some things I am learning - my itinary changes! so my hotels are always changing online! I am glad that I booked ones that did not have a cancellation policy........... Lets see what 2morrow brings nite tim xox