Walkabout: 2009-07-12

Ouch Part II

Namur, Belgium

Okay, I think I have a better computer now but still a shitty keyboard... Why oh Why would you change the keys around... Oh well, I've spent a lot of the day online looking for some kick ass jobs for while I'm over here and I'm starting to get better at using this thing.

So, where was I... oh yes, Rotterdam harbor. Zoom in on this bad boy.

The Jolly Roger flying proud

So the nationalists among you will have quickly spotted the Canadian flag; maybe even the UN one folded up in front... But the PIRATE FLAG??? I knew right away that Rotterdam and I would get along just fine...

And of course a little stroll down the harbor found me at the ultimate bachelor pad of all time:

The Cube House

My life will never be complete unless at some point I get to live in a funky-ass cube. Fortunately I can pretend:

The Cube Attic

And just to make sure I had a damn good time in Rotterdam, The North Sea Jazz festival hit town while I was there. At a stiff 80 euros it was tough on the pocket book but I decided to splurge and check it out seeing as how it IS the biggest jazz festival in the world. It was a good decision. I left the camera in lock up so there are no pics to show all you ravenous dogs but I got to see BB King. He might possibly be the smoothest man alive. Even smoother than James Bond.

Anyway, it's getting late and I'm tired of fighting the keyboard so here are a few pics of Amsterdam and Leiden to get you all caught up.

Giant Chess in Ansterdam - serious sport - damn right I played a game.

Amsterdam hotel by night.

Windmill in Leiden.

Until next time everyone!

Ouch

Namur, Belgium

Biking is a full go now and my legs can feel it! I can't believe it's been so long since my last post. Things have been surprisingly busy for a laid back trip. Anyway, here I am; writing from Namur in Belgium.

I was planning to write a big long post to catch everyone up but for some reason not clear to me, the people in this cafe have weirdass keyboards that have changed around the spots for the letters A. Z. Q. W. and M... to say nothing of the punctuation! periods now require shifting so you may not see a lot of them on this post.

so... since The Hague; Ive since been to some place i cant remember, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Brussles, Brugge, and here to Namur; so far I'm not too impressed with Belgium. It's nice, but that seems to be about it; I don't feel a connection with it like I do with other places.

Rotterdam, my last stop in Netherlands was surprisingly nice: Take a look at this photo taken of the flags along the port.

Oh for the love of... people in Europe are so afraid of people actually USING their computers they have tons of features disabled. I am going to go find a NORMAL cafe that has keyboards that actually work and desktops that aren't so locked up you'd think they need a chastity belt... grrrrrr...

Pics from Iceland

Namur, Belgium

I finally got my pictures to work so you can expect more updates with pics now! here are the ones to catch up from iceland. Click on the pic to enlarge