Netherlands

It feels good to be in a country that walks on the right side of the road. And by right I mean both the direction and as in correct. I can't even count how many times I almost stepped into traffic blindly looking the wrong way amazed by the tall red buses and even taller brick buildings. I went for a run over to St. James Park and around the palace two days back. While running, it was even more confusing to cross the road listening to my headphones and automatically looking over my left soldier while concentrating on the run. On my last day in London town, I decided to strictly be a tourist walking around the city with my huge backpack on visiting the likes of the National Gallery and the Science Museum. Yes, you read that right, I went to an art gallery, and it was actually very cool. Since Iceland, I haven't been able to find Wifi except at pubs where I feel extremely lame sitting there with a computer trying to get some work done. Especially yesterday due to the finals cup being played and everybody getting extremely rowdy in support of Manchester United. I couldn't even find a seat in a pub because they had been reserved for days in advance. Since Barcelona won that match two to nil it's probably a good thing that I got off the English Isles.
To get to the mainland Europe, I took a train to the town of Harwich and then boarded a ferry for an overnight trip across the English Chanel. From there I took a train through the Belgium countryside, through the windmills and sheep farms into the Amsterdam Central Station. ACS is one of the oldest stations in the world from the mid 1800s, and looks more like a castle than a station. Amsterdam is too focused toward tourists and a couple otherwise illegal activities, but despite, it is a very pretty and organized city. The canals form a perfect grid, and the overall city is a cleaner and better smelling place than London. From the short time I've been here, I am afraid that this city is simply crawling with hippies. Well, it is time to go see the city. I appreciate the emails from somebody, it is nice to hear from everybody!
Cheers!