Khatmandude Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 My wife is a Dutch citizen and her father and stepmother live here in Amsterdam so we are visiting them on the 2nd leg of our vacation (1st was Dublin, Ireland as her mother and their side of the family live there---my wife is half irish half pakistani). Dublin was wonderful and I will post some pictures that I took there when I get a chance as my laptop is out of battery and I need to find a damn converter for the outlets here in order to charge it back up. We visited some pretty cool places in Ireland but now I am onto the part of our vacation I was really looking forward to......AMSTERDAM. Besides the obvious reasons, I am looking forward to Amsterdam for another reason. I will be meeting up with WhodeyUK tomorrow morning where we will visit some coffee shops and sushi bars........we will try to take photos and share them for anyone who gives a damn. It should be a good time, I remember coming here in 1999 during my second year of college and had an absolute blast! That experience gave me a pretty good idea of the good spots to hit up while we're here, but if anyone who has been here has some ideas......please share so that we can consider them. Holla! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumble In the Jungle Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 you better post some pics biatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 [quote name='IKOTA' post='502304' date='Jun 19 2007, 04:18 PM']My wife is a Dutch citizen and her father and stepmother live here in Amsterdam so we are visiting them on the 2nd leg of our vacation (1st was Dublin, Ireland as her mother and their side of the family live there---my wife is half irish half pakistani). Dublin was wonderful and I will post some pictures that I took there when I get a chance as my laptop is out of battery and I need to find a damn converter for the outlets here in order to charge it back up. We visited some pretty cool places in Ireland but now I am onto the part of our vacation I was really looking forward to......AMSTERDAM. Besides the obvious reasons, I am looking forward to Amsterdam for another reason. I will be meeting up with WhodeyUK tomorrow morning where we will visit some coffee shops and sushi bars........we will try to take photos and share them for anyone who gives a damn. It should be a good time, I remember coming here in 1999 during my second year of college and had an absolute blast! That experience gave me a pretty good idea of the good spots to hit up while we're here, but if anyone who has been here has some ideas......please share so that we can consider them. Holla! [/quote] Yeah, I'll bet you're visiting some "coffeeshops" all right....I hear they have some "real good coffee" in Amsterdam.... [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//38.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_dish Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Ive been to Amsterdam twice, and wish I could go a third time... Love it. Have fun, and dont get run over by a bell dinging bicycle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 [quote name='Rumble in the Jungle' post='502329' date='Jun 19 2007, 08:27 PM']you better post some pics biatch [/quote] x2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoBengal Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 [quote name='Bunghole' post='502353' date='Jun 19 2007, 09:27 PM']Yeah, I'll bet you're visiting some "coffeeshops" all right....I hear they have some "real good coffee" in Amsterdam.... [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/38.gif[/img][/quote] You mean the coffee that's similar to Chinese food in that the more you drink, the hungrier you get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 [quote name='ChicagoBengal' post='502636' date='Jun 20 2007, 02:27 PM']You mean the coffee that's similar to Chinese food in that the more you drink, the hungrier you get?[/quote] Exactly. In Amsterdam, they put MSG in their coffee in place of sugar so you always want more coffee. It's what keeps the coffee houses in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actium Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 I hear the canals are lovely this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actium Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Also, if you're in the red light district, drop by High Priestess Persephone Pain's Dungeon and tell her I sent you. Ask for the Actium Special--if you think you're ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bengal Migration| Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 made it back in one piece... will try and post some pics later on tonight... didn't take as many as we'd hoped. We kept getting distracted for some reason. Had a great time, IKOTA. Glad we could meet up. Thank your Mrs and inlaws for letting me steal you away for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 [quote name='WhoDeyUK' post='503030' date='Jun 21 2007, 05:48 PM']made it back in one piece... will try and post some pics later on tonight... didn't take as many as we'd hoped. We kept getting distracted for some reason. Had a great time, IKOTA. Glad we could meet up. Thank your Mrs and inlaws for letting me steal you away for the day. [/quote] You already live in Europe (technically), then you go to Amsterdam, meanwhile us Yanks are stuck here in the Colonies... I say we need a revolution against you Brits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bengal Migration| Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 [quote name='Bunghole' post='503034' date='Jun 22 2007, 01:39 AM']You already live in Europe (technically), then you go to Amsterdam, meanwhile us Yanks are stuck here in the Colonies... I say we need a revolution against you Brits! [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 [quote name='WhoDeyUK' post='503037' date='Jun 21 2007, 06:59 PM'] [/quote] How are your lungs feeling after all that "smoggy Amsterdam air"? I bet your kidneys are worn out from ALL that coffee from those coffee shops, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WhoDeyForever Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 [quote name='WhoDeyUK' post='503030' date='Jun 21 2007, 07:48 PM']made it back in one piece... will try and post some pics later on tonight... didn't take as many as we'd hoped. We kept getting distracted for some reason. Had a great time, IKOTA. Glad we could meet up. Thank your Mrs and inlaws for letting me steal you away for the day. [/quote] Good to hear you made it back ok man..Look forward to seeing some pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actium Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Yeah, I'm kind of curious to see what you guys look like. This is how I imagine you: [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Jinnah.jpeg/225px-Jinnah.jpeg[/img] Ikota [img]http://www.james-newton-howard.com/discography/images/kingralphboot.jpg[/img] WhoDeyUK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 [quote name='Actium' post='503047' date='Jun 21 2007, 07:45 PM']Yeah, I'm kind of curious to see what you guys look like. This is how I imagine you: [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Jinnah.jpeg/225px-Jinnah.jpeg[/img] Ikota [img]http://www.james-newton-howard.com/discography/images/kingralphboot.jpg[/img] WhoDeyUK[/quote] Not even close. IKOTA is Pakistani, with little to no terrorism in mind, except for poisoned curry dishes. I still can only talk out of one side of my mouth. :flutter: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actium Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 [quote name='Bunghole' post='503071' date='Jun 21 2007, 10:26 PM']Not even close. IKOTA is Pakistani, with little to no terrorism in mind, except for poisoned curry dishes. I still can only talk out of one side of my mouth. :flutter:[/quote] The IKOTA pic I posted was a Pakistani too--in fact, the Father of Pakistan: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bengal Migration| Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 [quote name='Bunghole' post='503039' date='Jun 22 2007, 02:05 AM']How are your lungs feeling after all that "smoggy Amsterdam air"? I bet your kidneys are worn out from ALL that coffee from those coffee shops, too. [/quote] My lungs feel great. My athsma seems to be cured, actually [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//39.gif[/img] My kidneys are back to normal, too. It took a lot of work to get them flushed out, after drinking water and coffee all day with IKOTA on Wednesday, but luckily there was enough Heineken in Amsterdam to get me back to normal by the time I caught my flight home [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//18.gif[/img] [quote name='Actium' post='503047' date='Jun 22 2007, 02:45 AM']Yeah, I'm kind of curious to see what you guys look like. This is how I imagine you: [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Jinnah.jpeg/225px-Jinnah.jpeg[/img] Ikota [img]http://www.james-newton-howard.com/discography/images/kingralphboot.jpg[/img] WhoDeyUK[/quote] If I don't stick to my plan of cutting down on beer soon, I'm going to look a hell of a lot more like John Goodman than I'd like to admit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bengal Migration| Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 [img]http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2884/canalfn2.jpg[/img] A glance down one of the many canals in Amsterdam [img]http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/848/canalboatvh8.jpg[/img] These canal boats offer tours of the city which are quite enjoyable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bengal Migration| Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 [img]http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/9269/remsq1nb7.jpg[/img] These statues are located in Rembrandt Square - cool stuff [img]http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1029/remsq2mn9.jpg[/img] A close-up of the man himself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bengal Migration| Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 [img]http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/2034/waagsd6.jpg[/img] If only the restaurant inside was as cool as the Waag itself... [img]http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/8522/wtfpainter9.jpg[/img] Some random building down the block from Bluebird coffeeshop. I had to take a pic to see if these colors would look the same when I was sober Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bengal Migration| Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 And finally, a pair of NWS pics, so links only..... [url="http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/9733/greenaf1.jpg"]Oh, the green green grass....[/url] [url="http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6100/ikotasjjv3.jpg"]Somebody knows how to roll a spliff, and it's not me...[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Whodey420 Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Cool pics. I'd love to go check it out over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bengal Migration| Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 [quote name='Whodey420' post='503134' date='Jun 22 2007, 01:44 PM']Cool pics. I'd love to go check it out over there.[/quote] Aside from the coffeeshops, which I'm guessing by your login you would obviously be interested in , Amsterdam is one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited. Aside from the sidewalk cafes and open squares that are typical in Europe, the many canals and bridges make for interesting strolls through the city. The people are also very friendly, and they don't tolerate rudeness. I terrific combination, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actium Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 [quote name='WhoDeyUK' post='503108' date='Jun 22 2007, 04:27 AM']My lungs feel great. My athsma seems to be cured, actually [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//39.gif[/img] My kidneys are back to normal, too. It took a lot of work to get them flushed out, after drinking water and coffee all day with IKOTA on Wednesday, but luckily there was enough Heineken in Amsterdam to get me back to normal by the time I caught my flight home [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//18.gif[/img] If I don't stick to my plan of cutting down on beer soon, I'm going to look a hell of a lot more like John Goodman than I'd like to admit... [/quote] Hey, the king ralph photo is gone...he must have abdicated to pursue his dreams of being a singing Duke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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