a few first things:
the first song I heard in europe was "I kissed a girl and I liked it."
the first thing I ate was a double cheeseburger at McDonalds.
First beer was at a pub, Jupiter, in Brussels belgium.
First shower was 20 minutes ago in heart of Amsterdam hotel.
The first night I got here I wandered through the red light district for a couple hours looking for internet. There were tons of sex shops, bars, and "coffee shops." Of course the coffee shops have a bar and a vast selection of Marijuana. It reminded me of New Orleans, but on acid. It's really funny because you can't smoke cigarettes in most places but you can smoke MJ in almost all places. It was really crazy the first night after 11pm people started yelling at me trying to sell me coc and ecstasy. I managed to find this hostel, checked in, and went to bed with 6 other people in one room. The second day here I wandered around a little more and found like a residential district. It was beautiful. I really like it here and I wouldn't mind living here. Where I stayed in the red light district is a little much, but the residential side is much more chill. People dress so well here and the shopping is incredible. I went into H&M the other day and got some gloves and a leather jacket for 30 EU. Every one wears dark colors and is super cool.
After it stops raining I am going to go walk around a bit more and make my way back to the train station and go on to Paris.
I haven't seen a single back packer not in a "pack" with three or four other back packers. No one has really fucked with me yet, even though I am by myself. This kid from brazil shared a joint with me yesterday. We had hung out the night before and he was like, "wanna smoke?" and I was like "sure." haha I got blazed right on the front porch of our hostel. The MJ was real good and he was really cool. We set around and he told me about his home country and about going to Korea. It was pretty fantastic. I have seen a huge mixture of cultures and people here in Amsterdam. Most things are in Dutch or English, which is nice.
My Room.
