Eurotrip: Day 3 (Amsterdam Arrival)
07/04/2010
5:20am — i just finished my boxed breakfast. it sucked. My parents have succeeded in making more friends with yet another mother-daughter type of travel couple. This time the girl is a year older than me and just graduated. Shes extremely stuck up though, at least from what i can tell. She reminds me of my brat spoiled cousin. Oh white people… Its no longer interesting laying attention to this girl. Shes like an ivy league snob, imo.
5:45am — so today we’re traveling in four countries and taking a ferry from england to mainland europe (france, belgium, netherlands). Exciting!
– Omg i just saw a smart (branded) sports car! I must research into this!
6:00am — LOL we are driving through central london and we see all the clubs kicking people out. No wonder these people were all dressed like LA clubbers.
– In terms of brand name recognition i just see a shit ton of ipad bus stop ads and i see the BP logo and/or gas stations rather often. heh BP.
8:10am — damn im desperate for internet. im now on a boat. Lol im on a boat. We’re setting sail in 20 mins for the mainland europe.
11:00am — just disembarked from the ship. We actually just left Dover, UK (btw everyone should definitely look up dover castle. its beautiful!!) and im not too sure exactly where we landed in France. But now we’re on our way north to Bruges, Belgium before heading even more north to Amsterdam, Netherlands.
12:05pm — LOL i fell asleep on the bus between France and Belgium and i was semiconscious wondering why the tour guide’s voice was louder than normal. I opened my eyes to realize she was standing in the aisle next to me talking to me about seat rotations. haha so embarrassing…
– you know the saying “happy cows come from california”? Well so far the cows in France dont look too happy… the landscape of my roadtrip from France to Belgium looks like middle america. Pretty much a shitload of farms and dirt roads for as far as the eye can see. They even drive on the same side of the road (and have the drivers on the left side of the car) as we do in the U.S. and im seeing a bunch of american cars (mostly Fords). Well pretty much if it werent for the foreign road signs, you could fool me into thinking im driving in middle america.
*** in case youre wondering about my diary-writing style its because i re-borrowed “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” from Karen and am actually almost done. Exciting times, eh?
12:50pm — LOL the asians in my tour group are taking pics as we walk to the towncenter and i just saw one of them snap a pic of a Zara.
4:50pm — well it was certainly a while since i last jotted down my thoughts. we’re just about in amsterdam and the netherlands government is actually trying to control pictures. There are these weird roadside signs saying “controlle” and have a picture of a camera. Interesting.
– im still a little unsure about the drinking age in the european union. i think its 18 but bars never say so and my parents havent had alcohol since stepping foot in europe. Theyre probably aware of it too :p and the funny thing is theres a “welcome drink” tonight at the hotel. Mwahaha… Another side note abt alcohol in the netherlands my tour guide says is that they serve you tap and give you three fingers measured high of froth and she said you arent getting ripped off thats just the way they serve it. Hometown of Heineken.
– this is crazy. The only cars i see in the netherlands driving around are audi, bmw, mercedes benz, vw, and saabs. I have yet to see an asian or american engineered car.
5:50pm — dude as soon as i stepped off the bus i smelled weed. LOL.
6:30pm — i just had a draft beer with my parents. LOL im starting to get all smiley. This could get bad. It was a damn good beer tho. Drinking age is 16 years old for wine and beer, but for alchy above 14% you gotta be 18 yrs old. Easyyy…
– why do australians students say they attend “uni” haha oh you funny kangaroo peeps. lol feeling tipsy. shit drinking on an empty stomach was a bad idea D:
7:30pm — ahahaha having a glass of white wine now.
8:30pm — both white wines and red wines suck. Its a shame bc i thought i might enjoy white wines better than red ones.
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