And now let's get underway. Amsterdam brought hope and promising experiences, at least Morgan and I thought this because we finally trained with no major delays or rerouting! Success! Praise the Cat Lord, or whomever! We even made it to our hostel without getting lost.
We decided to take it easy the first night. I did some laundry, fun! Then Morgan and I met two lovely roommates, Izzy and Harley (apparently his parents thought it clever to name him after a motorcycle. His words not mine). They were really sweet. They hail from Northern England and provided Morgan with some sound travel advise for the UK. Later that night, Morgan and I ventured into the Red Light District. It was very interesting. It was a bit strange seeing all the women in the windows, but I am a proponent for legal prostitution. So I really couldn't care less. What I didn't really like, however, was the cat-calling all the surrounding men did. I suppose it is to be expected, but still unnerving.
The next day, we also decided to do a leisurely tour. We stopped at Katten Kabinet, a cat art museum! DREAMS!! It was great; below are some pieces I liked.
All in all Katten Kabinet was purr-fection. There was even a live exhibit, Lily. She was eighteen human years young and super cute! I even PAH'd (pre-antihistoed, aka took an antihistamine preemtively).
Later that day we took a tour discussing the importance of Coffee Shops in Amsterdam, and what the future of marijuana drug use will be like for Amsterdam. Currently, marijuana is not legal, but decriminalized, and looked over by officials. But because the officials want to "clean up" the Red Light District, licenses for coffee shops are not being renewed. It was all very informative and everyone has an opinion on it. If you have one, please feel free to leave it in the comments.
The day after that, Morgan and I did a bicycle tour of Amsterdam. It was nice to ride around and see all these cool places. However, it was terrifying as shit!! Bikes almost double cars, and they all have the right of way. Also, strapping a group of people to bright red bikes, really make us a target for locals. Well, that and our faces plastered with pure terror! But it was actually fun.
That night, Nikki arrived and that will lead us into part 2 of Amsterdam!
Until next time!
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