So its been awhile since I have last posted so I'm going to do a long one on the last three days that I have spent in Belguim.
On Wednesday we went to Aachen Germany which is about a 45 min drive from Bree, where Nick lives. It is the cutest town! It's not touristy but perfect. There is a super old church/town hall that still sits in the middle of the city, and part of the brick wall that use to surround the city during the Communist reign is still in tact as well. It was beautiful. I ate my first Belgian meal there which consisted of Lamb, green beans wrapped in bacon and potatoes. After that we traveled to Shinnin where Nicks military base is so that I could see what that was like. Just like America only in Belgium. It was cool. We came back home and went to this bar/restaurant and I had the best tomato mozzarella I have ever had. Then came back to Nicks and played beer pong.
Which leads me into Thursday which we did NOTHING b/c I was too hungover to get off of the couch. Last night after I had slightly recovered we went to this very nice restaurant for dinner where I again had lamb, some kind of vegtable casserole and potatoes which was VERY good. After that we went to a college town that is about 45 min away and went to this Irish Pub that has karoke on Thursday nights. That was REALLY fun. We didn't leave to come home until 4:30 in the morning. Crazy that they stay open for that long.
Tonight is my last night here and we are going to a Blues Festival that is the next town up from Nicks town. I'm looking forward to it!
Next time I write, I'll be in Innsbruck!!!!!!
Friday, July 11, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
RED LIGHT DISTRCIT
Amsterdam.
Thats pretty much all that I can say. There are a few facts that I found interesting about Amsterdam and I will list them below:
1) It is so dirty (not that i expected anything else...I mean pot and prostitution is legal)
2) There is an Argentinian steakhouse on literally EVERY corner.
3) The prostitutes are TERRIBLE looking.
I think that I will first address #3 as it seems to be the most shocking to me. There is a prositute in every single window in the entire Red Light District. They are literally wearing next to nothing and stand in the window posted up and dancing to the beat of whatever techno music is playing in the background. There are alley ways that have drag queens available as well as every single type of woman you could ever imagine. I saw several men take up their offer and they literally open the door, the guy comes in, and they pull a curtain over the glass door so you cannot see in. It is unbelievable..like nothing I have ever seen before.
The other two shocking items are pretty self explanitory.
So today, we rode the train to Amsterdam, stopped at a Belgian version of Hooters for a beer and immediately went to the Anne Frank house. That was quite an experience. To believe that those people lived like that for as long as they did is unbelievable. I bought a book so I could remember it better.
Then we walked to the hard rock cafe, taking in the Amsterdam secenary as we went. I will post a picture as soon as I get my pictures uploaded...hopefully tomorrow.
I need to go to bed, I'm pretty exhausted. I'll write more later.
Thats pretty much all that I can say. There are a few facts that I found interesting about Amsterdam and I will list them below:
1) It is so dirty (not that i expected anything else...I mean pot and prostitution is legal)
2) There is an Argentinian steakhouse on literally EVERY corner.
3) The prostitutes are TERRIBLE looking.
I think that I will first address #3 as it seems to be the most shocking to me. There is a prositute in every single window in the entire Red Light District. They are literally wearing next to nothing and stand in the window posted up and dancing to the beat of whatever techno music is playing in the background. There are alley ways that have drag queens available as well as every single type of woman you could ever imagine. I saw several men take up their offer and they literally open the door, the guy comes in, and they pull a curtain over the glass door so you cannot see in. It is unbelievable..like nothing I have ever seen before.
The other two shocking items are pretty self explanitory.
So today, we rode the train to Amsterdam, stopped at a Belgian version of Hooters for a beer and immediately went to the Anne Frank house. That was quite an experience. To believe that those people lived like that for as long as they did is unbelievable. I bought a book so I could remember it better.
Then we walked to the hard rock cafe, taking in the Amsterdam secenary as we went. I will post a picture as soon as I get my pictures uploaded...hopefully tomorrow.
I need to go to bed, I'm pretty exhausted. I'll write more later.
Brussels Cont
So yesterday in my state of complete and utter tiredness....I failed to mention two important things that happened to me yesterday.
The first is that I ate a belgian waffle....A real one. Apparently you are suppose to eat it with ice cream but I'm not really into that so I just asked for a plain waffle with butter. hahaha...so American.
We also went to this bar called Delirium. They serve over 2004 different kinds of beer. They literally have a laminated book that they plop down on your table with beers for you to choose from. To make our selections we just opened the book to a random page and stuck our finger down and whatever it landed on is what we drank.
Both things that I left out I thought were pretty damn important.
The first is that I ate a belgian waffle....A real one. Apparently you are suppose to eat it with ice cream but I'm not really into that so I just asked for a plain waffle with butter. hahaha...so American.
We also went to this bar called Delirium. They serve over 2004 different kinds of beer. They literally have a laminated book that they plop down on your table with beers for you to choose from. To make our selections we just opened the book to a random page and stuck our finger down and whatever it landed on is what we drank.
Both things that I left out I thought were pretty damn important.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Little Red Roofs, Curvy Roads, and Sheep
So this is my first post. I'm gonna see how it goes and I may need to make some improvements to my writing skills but here goes nothing.
The first thing that I see literally when I look out the window is a mass of red roofs and curvy roads. Exactly what comes to my mind when I think of Belguim. I also then notice that EVERYONE has sheep in their backyard. hahah...this is a strange concept to me, as no one is the states keeps things in their backyards. I'm not sure why they keep them in their backyards....for pets, to shear, for food...who knows.
After I got off the plane (the Brussels airport is one of th easiest I've ever seen to navigate...literally straight and then you show your passport and luggage there....VERY simple) we went straight into Brussels with a short stop for me to change.
Brussels is an interesting city...very European but I didn't find it quite as old and amusing as some of the other cities that I have been to over the years. I did take quite a few pictures, none of which I know what it is. Before I come back to the States when I have some down time I'm going to figure it out though. It can't be that hard. I will post some pictures once I get my camera all set up for my computer.
I've only slept a few hours here and there since I woke up Sunday morning to fly here...so I'm a little beat. I took about a 2 hour nap and now its 10:30 here and I'm going to try to go back to sleep. More to come...Amsterdam tomorrow and maybe while I'm sleeping I can think of some more interesting things to say about Brussels.
The first thing that I see literally when I look out the window is a mass of red roofs and curvy roads. Exactly what comes to my mind when I think of Belguim. I also then notice that EVERYONE has sheep in their backyard. hahah...this is a strange concept to me, as no one is the states keeps things in their backyards. I'm not sure why they keep them in their backyards....for pets, to shear, for food...who knows.
After I got off the plane (the Brussels airport is one of th easiest I've ever seen to navigate...literally straight and then you show your passport and luggage there....VERY simple) we went straight into Brussels with a short stop for me to change.
Brussels is an interesting city...very European but I didn't find it quite as old and amusing as some of the other cities that I have been to over the years. I did take quite a few pictures, none of which I know what it is. Before I come back to the States when I have some down time I'm going to figure it out though. It can't be that hard. I will post some pictures once I get my camera all set up for my computer.
I've only slept a few hours here and there since I woke up Sunday morning to fly here...so I'm a little beat. I took about a 2 hour nap and now its 10:30 here and I'm going to try to go back to sleep. More to come...Amsterdam tomorrow and maybe while I'm sleeping I can think of some more interesting things to say about Brussels.
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