Back by popular demand

Alright so its been a while since I've blogged. Heres an update from our long trip.

I'm going to sum this up bigtime because there is way to much to type and I don't feel like typing that much.

Basically we saw tons in a short amount of time. Tensions ran high at points, people enjoyed themselves at points. I had a good time pretty much the whole time. It was a tiring experience, but very much worthwhile.

Here are a few of my favorite pictures. I have just about 500 from the trip, so maybe when we all get together we can sit down and go through them. Until then I'm going to pick a few of my favorites.

Just comment on ones that you want to know about, I don't want to go through that mess of trying to caption them again.

Amsterdam

This past Friday morning, Meghan and I left for a weekend adventure in Amsterdam. I'm not going to give you a play-by-play of the trip; rather, I will use photography to highlight some of the more interesting bits.

Now these aren't in any specific order because Blogger is really hard to use with photos, so just bear with me.

Fries with Mayo, mmmmMMm --->













Red Light District ---->






















Flower fair thing --->




















Cool leaning buildings down a sidestreet --->



















Oosterpark by our hostel --->












Basically Amsterdam in a nutshell, mixture between old and new -->



















Sh! ---->














Bikes, bikes, bikes, bikes ---->





















Bob Dylan picture in the Richard Avedon exhibit, you know him, google him for some images --->















Remember these --->

















So thats Amsterdam in a nutshell. It was a lot of fun. It was a very cool city to walk around and see the different people. Lots of tourists, obviously. The only downside was that because the Netherlands is on the euro things were significantly more expensive.

P.S. I know the labels are messed up. Deal with it. Things are pretty self-explanatory.

Run Adventure II

About a half hour ago, I decided to go for a run. Around 3pm it had started to rain/hail, but it seemed that the clouds had pushed aside and it would be a calm run...

I started out this time going a different route. I discover an underpass that allows pedestrians to go under one of the main roads that straddles our flat. I followed this route straight down in the direction of the river. Along the way I discovered a huge monastery/church and the meaning of steep. The road turned into a narrow pass that dipped down towards the riverside. From there I followed a variety of routes and found the river.

I headed right, instead of left like last time, and soon ran into a pretty busy section of Prague. There was a metro stop not far away so I cruised towards it and discovered that it was Karlovo Namesti. This is the tram stop that we take to transfer from the trams that go home and the trams that go to CET. Its three stops from the closest tram home. I was surprised that I had make it that far out, distances in Prague can be deceiving though so I'm not really sure how far it was in miles. From here I discovered a cool monument, did a lap around an old church, and drifted down a windy side street. I soon found my way back to where I needed to be.

After huffing up the steepest hill on the face of the planet it immediately started to pelt a wintery mix in my face. For us native Duanesburgers, wintery mix is an ominous term for a-whole-bunch-of-shit-you-don't-want-to-drive-in. Sucking wind and ice, I finished by racing a couple of children underneath the underpass.

Overall, despite the freezing tempterature and the hardly foot/ankle friendly cobblestones, running v Praze is worthwhile. I discover something new each time, and hopefully I'll be able to piece everything together and have a good sense of the area I'm in.