Last night, I tried to go to the Anne Frank museum but it was closed by the time I arrived around 7:30pm. I hadn't realized that it was now SEPTEMBER and thus the museum closes at 7pm. Then it hit me that summer is over and how sad it was. End of summer, end of my fabulous 6 week dream, time for reality.
But first, I had to stop at a coffeeshop because that's the thing to do in Amsterdam, yeah? I met this older American fellow who was a hybrid between a left wing hippie and a redneck. He had a mullet for pete's sake. But he hates Bush and plans on sailing his life away from the States for the rest of his life. Good for him.
After leaving the coffeeshop, I headed back to the hostel where I met my 4 new Irish dormmates who ended up being super cool. We played poker with the British couple with matchsticks I had in my bag. It was probably the most whack game of Hold Em I've ever played but it was still fun. Ended up staying up almost all night as I had to catch my train at 7:23am and packing always takes about 30 min before I leave. Amsterdam was lovely though and I can't wait to go back, hopefully with more friends as it seems like a lot of fun that way. Oh, I had gone to an English bookshop earlier in the day and was looking at a Lonely Planet for Hong Kong. I flipped to the language section and couldn't stop laughng at the phonetic spellings for words in Cantonese. Such a nerd.
I slept for most of the time on the train and got into London around 12:30. Unfortunately, I had the most crazy time trying to get to my hostel because a lot of stations (of course the ones I need) are undergoing some construction this weekend. WTF! I had to take a two buses caught in a traffic jam. Plus my hostel is like WAY out in the cuts, outside Kensington. I cancelled my next two nights and will be staying closer to Victoria Station instead. It's further from the airport but when you're taking the tube, it doesn't really matter. Plus it just seems more social out there and it's pretty residential over here. This is a really awesome hostel though and if I was going to be living in London, I'd stay here.
It doesn't look like I'll be seeing my friend Mark this weekend but I have plans to see Michelle who I met in Edinburgh which I am stoked about. It's like bringing the trip full circle.
After checking into my hostel tomorrow, I think I'm going to check out the National Gallery or the Tate Modern as those are the only two things I really want to see while I'm here. Then it's back home Tuesday morning to face homelessness, see my family (the peanut!), and settle back into routine. Joy. But hey Asia, here I come! And you know you'll have to stay tuned for that.
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