Ajax Amsterdam and The Dam(n) thing
Finally back to Amsterdam again..
funnily, i wasnt as excited as the first time even though i was longing to come back again... perhaps fatigue has been an important factor, but what i have is a more punishing roster to come in the coming weeks... which i believe i will be updating soon in the following posts. Basically, i didnt even blog about the previous long flight to Tokyo and Los Angeles simply because i was too tired to do anything and basically whiled away the whole trip.
Once in Amsterdam, i jumped into the super cosy hotel bed to sleep for a few hours, i had difficulty getting up to meet Serene and Lewis to go sightseeing... We were on the hunt for this Dam, which can open and close to regulate the water level. But apparently, seems like the wrong info has been conveyed somewhere along the line, We headed out to Haarlem and IJmuiden, and we found nothing there but a damn wall which stretches damn long but its not even keeping out water... so we named that our DAMN thing.. with the real Dam still missing. Since we were here, we decided to go over to the beach to see what's going on there. Surprisingly, there wasnt that many people at the beach, but there were a lot of kite surfers thou. Taking advantage of the constant strong winds, many were enjoying themselves launching their kite surfs and surfing at high speed near the beaches. Some even manage to launch themselves into the air, carried by the wind... such a nice sport to pick up it seems... All in all it didnt end up too bad even though we didnt see our Dam.
We decided to call it a day and make for the hotel to rest, Serene and Lewis went home to meet the parents and for me, its sleeping time. The next day was a visit to Amsterdam ArenA, home of Ajax Amsterdam. One of my fave teams in Europe cos of their ability to develop youth players and of course partly their history as well. We paid 9 euros for the tour, relatively cheap compared to the Old Trafford, its pretty much the usual stuff they show you for stadium tours, bring you to the stadium to sit down, experience the stadium, take your photos and answer your questions, bring you to the meeting areas, the museum and lastly the megastore hoping that you will buy something from there. But the English seem to be able to do it better, make u feel more at home, more part of the club and definitely the better marketing skills. I still like Old Trafford tour better... Perhaps its because its my fave club afterall...
After that was shopping for Lewis' clothes cos someone is starting work on monday... den dinner was to follow before retiring for the night... on the way back to hotel, there was the Gay Pride Day!! Gay Festival where everyone seemed to be hanging out and drinking and partying in the streets. Which gay does it really mean, i think its up to your own interpretation. This trip is pretty much a laid back trip as compared to the previous one where we were all travelling out and rushing to catch this and that.. and all thanks to Lewis to decide to take time off to bring us around, but next time we are gonna see the real Dam, cos he knows which one we were referring to already. and i havent gotten my I AMsterdam shirt... haha.. will be back soon again..!!!!
funnily, i wasnt as excited as the first time even though i was longing to come back again... perhaps fatigue has been an important factor, but what i have is a more punishing roster to come in the coming weeks... which i believe i will be updating soon in the following posts. Basically, i didnt even blog about the previous long flight to Tokyo and Los Angeles simply because i was too tired to do anything and basically whiled away the whole trip.
Once in Amsterdam, i jumped into the super cosy hotel bed to sleep for a few hours, i had difficulty getting up to meet Serene and Lewis to go sightseeing... We were on the hunt for this Dam, which can open and close to regulate the water level. But apparently, seems like the wrong info has been conveyed somewhere along the line, We headed out to Haarlem and IJmuiden, and we found nothing there but a damn wall which stretches damn long but its not even keeping out water... so we named that our DAMN thing.. with the real Dam still missing. Since we were here, we decided to go over to the beach to see what's going on there. Surprisingly, there wasnt that many people at the beach, but there were a lot of kite surfers thou. Taking advantage of the constant strong winds, many were enjoying themselves launching their kite surfs and surfing at high speed near the beaches. Some even manage to launch themselves into the air, carried by the wind... such a nice sport to pick up it seems... All in all it didnt end up too bad even though we didnt see our Dam.
We decided to call it a day and make for the hotel to rest, Serene and Lewis went home to meet the parents and for me, its sleeping time. The next day was a visit to Amsterdam ArenA, home of Ajax Amsterdam. One of my fave teams in Europe cos of their ability to develop youth players and of course partly their history as well. We paid 9 euros for the tour, relatively cheap compared to the Old Trafford, its pretty much the usual stuff they show you for stadium tours, bring you to the stadium to sit down, experience the stadium, take your photos and answer your questions, bring you to the meeting areas, the museum and lastly the megastore hoping that you will buy something from there. But the English seem to be able to do it better, make u feel more at home, more part of the club and definitely the better marketing skills. I still like Old Trafford tour better... Perhaps its because its my fave club afterall...
After that was shopping for Lewis' clothes cos someone is starting work on monday... den dinner was to follow before retiring for the night... on the way back to hotel, there was the Gay Pride Day!! Gay Festival where everyone seemed to be hanging out and drinking and partying in the streets. Which gay does it really mean, i think its up to your own interpretation. This trip is pretty much a laid back trip as compared to the previous one where we were all travelling out and rushing to catch this and that.. and all thanks to Lewis to decide to take time off to bring us around, but next time we are gonna see the real Dam, cos he knows which one we were referring to already. and i havent gotten my I AMsterdam shirt... haha.. will be back soon again..!!!!
posted by EniGmAtiC NoStaLgiA at 8/05/2008 10:37:00 AM
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