tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post7093515380282093427..comments2023-05-29T14:49:26.349+02:00Comments on Travels without my spaniel: Amsterdampinolonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473418753213565601noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post-64813135787037545882009-11-09T15:09:37.324+01:002009-11-09T15:09:37.324+01:00Lilacspecs, I agree - the area around the canals e...Lilacspecs, I agree - the area around the canals especially was really pretty (I didn't find the flower markets, it was raining and I was rather stupidly wearing the wrong kind of shoes) and there were some other interesting areas (Spuii or something like that) just off the main streets.<br /><br />I have to admit I encountered more beer than buttermilk but I'll take your word for it. <br />During my first weekend in Belgium I briefly fell deeply in lust with (and subsequently totally failed to date) a Dutch guy, so now all things neerlandais have a residual aura of sexiness about them, hence the preference for Amsterdam over Ghent.<br /><br />Yes I do realise how incongruous it is to use the words 'Dutch' and 'sexy' in the same sentence. <br /><br />Peixote: actually yes.pinolonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00473418753213565601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post-61762078523681822162009-11-07T19:55:06.465+01:002009-11-07T19:55:06.465+01:00Aww. If you avoid the RLD, the rest of Amsterdam, ...Aww. If you avoid the RLD, the rest of Amsterdam, I think, is lovely. The canals and architecture and flower markets are beautiful.<br /><br />And there are times when I like the Netherlands a bit better than Belgium too. Except their accents...ugh. And the overwhelming amounts of gouda and buttermilk.Koriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16265288130563481920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post-88683742591738289862009-11-07T12:56:33.641+01:002009-11-07T12:56:33.641+01:00So what you`re saying is you liked the prostitutio...So what you`re saying is you liked the prostitution but without the gangs of drunk guys?<br /><br />I`l shut up now.<br /><br />;-)peixotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post-85813823046349286672009-11-07T11:15:50.514+01:002009-11-07T11:15:50.514+01:00I don't call it 'crying' I call it ...I don't call it 'crying' I call it 'being in touch with my human side'.<br /><br />Anyway, I didn't cry - I said I *felt like* crying, but didn't.<br /><br />And it wasn't the prostitution I didn't like it was the gangs of drunk guys... and it wasn't really that either, there were other things in the background.pinolonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00473418753213565601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387352645682544869.post-50601743878501539492009-11-07T03:13:20.581+01:002009-11-07T03:13:20.581+01:00Crybaby. A little prostitution never killed anyone...Crybaby. A little prostitution never killed anyone. Well, ok, that may not always have been the case but the point is - crybaby.peixotenoreply@blogger.com