Amsterdam was a blast. Here’s what I remember from reviewing my pictures.
There were a lot of canals… with absolutely nothing stopping you from falling in. This added to the adventure factor.
Chocomel is THE SHIT. I’ve been searching online for a USA vendor so I can order some. It’s like drinking pudding. [...]
If you’ve ever heard me talk about “The Salad Place”, I’m talking about Le Relais Gascon in Montmartre near Sacre Coeur. I love this place. Here’s a description of the “salad” I ordered:
Salade Gascon
Salade verte, tomates, magrets fumés, foie gras, pommes de terre sautées à l’ail
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Gascon Salad
Green salad, tomatoes, smoked duck, goose liver, fried [...]
There’s a French artist who goes by the name “Invader“, who installs tiled space invaders all over the world. I found out about it initially after going to the Los Angeles exibit at Centre Pompidou with Sandrine, Laura and John. There was a book full of them, with pictures taken from all over [...]
Amsterdam was fun. Here’s what I remember:
The Red Light District isn’t as dramatic as HBO’s “Pimps Up, Hos Down” documentary makes it out to be.
Ordering weed isn’t as dramatic as you think it is, nor as exciting.
You spend a majority of your money on actual drinks at “coffee shops”. You have to pay [...]
Wednesday started early (early by French standard) at 11AM with lunch at Tete a Toto, across the street from Jonathan’s apartment.
Chris and Laura
Me and Jonathan
I had the Canard Confit avec pommes l’ail - duck with potatoes, as recommended by Laura. Laura and Jonathan had the Gavroche salad, and Chris had a salad [...]
Bonjour, mes amis!
View from Jonathan’s balcony
Here we are, the morning of day 5, trying to remember everything that went on the past two days.
Monday was probably the day I was worried about most on my trip, becaused Jonathan would be at school and Cyril would be at work, and I would be left [...]
Well, I’m here. Friday morning started with my sister picking me up to take me to the airport. I thought my flight left at 10:25, but a nice morning call from Jonathan made me realize that it didn’t actually leave until 11:40. So, we had some time to kill. We decided [...]