Amster-da-a-amn!

Next was Amsterdam.

If Amsterdam were a person it'd be a beautiful but very scummy woman.

We really enjoyed our four nights there. We had snow, beer, fatty Dutch food and a power outage in our dorm room.

On first appearances Amsterdam was shocking. We arrived at our street, which happened to be dead centre of the red light district, and there were a few hundred people in the streets all yelling and chanting. What we later realised was that there'd been a huge soccer match on and everyobody was drunk. Police were swarming all over the place and we were slightly worried by this.

We checked in to our hostel and ate a fairly crappy, bur cheap, meal then went directly to bed. We were lucky enough to be in the same dorm as a few other Australians and spent quite a bit of time with them over the next few days. We drank, we ate. That was about it.

Pru and I did a free walking tour but unfortunately it was bitterly cold and I almost froze to death. It was really interesting and we definitely learnt a few new things. The main thing about it was that it was free so we were very grateful.

The next day we headed to the hemp museum and the sex museum, typical Amsterdam attractions. Both were amusing and entertaining - and that's just about all anyone needs to hear.

To be quite honest, our time in the dame of the Amstel wasn't all that well spent but we had some great experiences and really enjoyed ourselves.

Where we going next? Oh yes, that's right. I need some perfume, or if I was a man - Eau de COLOGNE! By that I mean we were off to Cologne and the near fatal train journey where I almost lost my left leg.