De Wallen

We had a pretty long drive from Berlin to Amsterdam today. It's a good thing we didn't go to bed last night, so I slept the entire time. We stopped for some Macas in some small town. I was sleep walking through the place. We got back on the coach and slept the rest of the way. Because amsterdam is the last overnight city on the contiki, we were allowed to choose our roommates for our dorm. We got our boys' Nick and Cody. Once we got settled in our room, we had an included dinner at our hostel. It was actually a lot better than the Berlin hostel dinner. There is no time for any sleep, though, because we're in Amsterdam on 4/20. After dinner, we all got right back on the coach and went straight to the red light district to a different hostels bar. Bec bought a tray of shots for everyone. Somehow, I managed to get 2 of them. There were discounts at the bar as well, so we started the night off early and strong. After a while, we decided to leave as a group to see what the red light district was like. It was unreal. Women standing naked in a window, calling you over for their services, which we poletly declined. Weed stores and cafes everywhere. Sex shops and sex shows on every corner, it was quite a sight lol. The sex show entry fee was €65 which is bonkers, but a little birdie told us if you enter as a couple, it's only €20 Pearse and I both asked different ladies to merry us on the spot and they said yes! So I guess we eloped lol. My wife Sarah and Pearse wife Eden left for the sex club with the rest of the group. When we got there, we waited in line for 20 minutes and found out it's €65 couple or single. Some people with the contiki coughed up the cash, but the more sensible and less curious ones decided that it was out of our price range. Our big group split up, and we left with 10 people or so. We went to a couple of regular bars than a strip club. When in Rome. Afterward, we tried meeting up with the rest of the group at a club called Escape, but when we got there, Nick was denied entry because he's only 20, and the minimum was 21. We didn't want to abandon Nick, so the three of us went across the street to a different club. After partying for a while, we decided the taxi back would be too much money, so we walked back. The hostel was pretty far away, so it was about 2.5 hours of stumbling back to the hostel. Along the way, we stopped for some pictures on people's boats docked along the canal. Just a quick picture, no harm done. Near the end of the walk, we were on a bike path along the canal. In the dark, I saw 2 big birds, I'm not sure what they are, but they sort of look like geese. When I pointed them out, they started to walk away from us, and all of a sudden, 10 plus babies started swarming us. Pearse Nick and I sat down on the sidewalk because all these chicks were so curious. They thought we had food, so they were nibbling on our fingers. It was pretty cute. When we finally made it back to the hostel, Pearse and Nick were making a plan to stay up all night and start early the next day. I said fuck that and went to bed, they ended up following me to bed lol. I definitely fell asleep fully clothed as soon as my head hit my pillow. Another really fun night.Read more