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March 8, 2005

Eurotrip(!)

I had no idea how good German doughnuts would be

Hello from Amsterdam! I'm on Day Four of my improv Spring Break Eurotrip. Going to try to keep it quick, partly because (a) I'm at one of those Internet cafes where the meter is most definitely running and (b) the keyboard on the computer at said Internet has what looks to be the remains of a chocolate bar (dearGodIhopeit'sachocolatebar) jammed between the R, T and F keys and it's kind of nasty.

I wouldn't say I've been eating healthily: I mean, I knew German food was heavy. What I didn't know was that my diet there would mostly consist of coffee, pastries, and beer, in that order. Also I had schnitzel (there's no way that's spelled properly). Jaegerschnitzel, to be in exact. It means, "in the hunter's style" or "covered in heavy cream sauce."

Good luck storming the castle: true to form, when in Germany, check out a castle. And so we did. Drove to Heidelburg and walked up and down a TON of steps to check out this old-timey castle. True to dork form, I immediately needed to know if it was in any way connected to The Baroque Cycle. (It was.)

On the topic of books...: very literary little trip for me. All the Baroque Cycle stuff (both in Germany and in Holland -- I should go looking for Eliza's apartment) is good, but I also read the new Ender book yesterday, and it certainly resonates to be in Bean's home country as well (though sadly not in Rotterdam proper). By the way, the new Ender book is phenomenal. I'm planning to write a lengthy (and hopelessly geeky) treatise on it upon my return.

Despite my choice in luggage, I am not one of those people: wow, I must be getting old, as I have such minimal patience for the grubby-ass backpackers that have infested Amsterdam. I think the American ones actually bother me the most. Luckily, I'm staying way off the beaten path and out of the touristy zone. Which is nice.

Quite the grift!: this guy in my train car got completely scammed yesterday. These two dudes, working in tandem, stole his computer from him. The one guy got off the train at a stop, but pretended to forget his mobile phone. So he gestures at the mark from outside the train and asks him to bring the phone out. As soon as the mark left, the other dude grabbed the mark's stuff and was out of there. Apparently some dipshit German guy watched the whole thing (BUT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING?!?!?!?) and explained it to us all afterwards. Anyhoo, the guard was up after that.

Off to the Van Gogh museum -- send me an e-mail if you want tacky souvenirs!

Posted by thatkid at March 8, 2005 5:28 PM under ThatKid

March 8, 2005

Eurotrip(!)

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