Saturday, September 19, 2009

AMSTERDAM

IT IS VENICE WITH BICYCLES! BICYCLES EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK AND YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO GET RUN OVER BY THEM. THERE ARE NO FAT PEOPLE IN EUROPE BECAUSE EVERYONE EITHER WALKS OR RIDES A BIKE.

THE ARCHITECTURE HERE IS VERY UNIQUE WITH MOST DATING FROM THE 13TH, 14TH OR 15TH CENTURY. ALL THE BUILDINGS HAVE PULLY SYSTEMS TO GET HEAVY THINGS TO THE UPPER FLOORS BECAUSE THERE ARE NO ELEVATORS AND VERY NARROW STAIR CASES. THE FACADES HAVE VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION, EACH WITH IT'S OWN UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS. WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE A CANAL TOUR AND SEE THESE MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS.

WE WENT TO THE ANNE FRANK HOUSE WHICH WAS A VERY MOVING EXPERIENCE. IT WAS SO AMAZING THAT THIS POOR LITTLE GIRL SURVIVED FOR AS LONG AS SHE DID. I WAS GLAD TO SEE THE PLACE WAS CROWDED SO THAT HER STORY WILL PASS ON.

THE HIGHLIGHT FOR JERRY WAS THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT. THE SCANTILLY-CLAD GIRLS WERE POSING IN THE WINDOWS TRYING TO ENTICE CUSTOMERS TO ENTER. THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT TO THE IMAGINATION. JERRY WAS RUNNING FROM WINDOW TO WINDOW. THEN THERE WERE THE COFFE/MARIJUANA SHOPS, THE SEX SHOPS, THE LIVE PORNO SHOWS, THE PORNO ITEMS STORES, THE PEEP SHOWS AND JERRY'S FAVORITE, THE SEX MUSEUM. IT WAS PORN OVERLOAD!

WE WALKED OUR FEET OFF AND WERE TOTALLY EXHAUSTE BYTHE TIME WE RETURNED TO THE SHIP. BY THE WAY, I AM IN LOVE WITH THE CAPTAIN.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

And you thought that I wouldn´t ever want to visit any of these European museums :)