july 9

july 9 2007


It has been a while ago I went to Amsterdam.
A friend lived there and I always enjoyed visiting him.

The houses and canals give me such a special feeling, and I'm always in for more.

So today I went to Amsterdam.

The railwaystation was being renovated, but it was as bussy as ever.
I didn't experience the large city buzz however.
Maybe because more people left through the eastern part of the railwaystation and didn't merge in the mix of foreigners. I don't know.

The sun was shining and it was already hot early in the morning.
Only the tourist shops were open.
On monday mornings all other shops are closed, except my favorite bakery... lucky me!!

But apart from that I didn't enjoy Amsterdam.
It was noisy, dusty and it looked more like a building place than the old-and-new town where tourist have too much to look and inhabitants enjoy their time with the diversity of languages and people.

We sat at a bench for a while, visited by the pidgeons, who crowded around my feet when I put my hand in my bag to get a handkerchief. I bet they didn't like me when I left. No crumbs left, nothing.

We left Amsterdam earlier than planned.

At home we heard that soon after we left, bad rain and lightning caused all the public transport to stop for hours.

We only saw dark clouds when we came near our hometown.