"Amster Amster, dam dam dam..."

so can you guess where i am??? We arrived (we = me and five other assistants...three more are coming in tonight) on tuesday night and have so far had a great stay here at the flying pig hostel...of course i must make the typical american observations about the "coffee shops" but quite honestly, they don't interst me...so what is there to interest a 'non-smoking' tourist here in amsterdam, you ask...quite a bit actually...

yesterday we went to the rijksmuseum and saw their masterworks collection (unfortunately the museum is undergoing rennovations so the exhibit was only a small selection of their mammoth collection of dutch paintings)...i went to see their Vermeers, but they only had three on display and his most infamous work (girl with the pearl earring) wasn't even there (it's in the hague)...either way it was a good exhibit...this afternoon we're going to the Anne Frank House and probably do some shopping...tomorrow it's the van gogh museum and the heineken brewery...amsterdam doesn't feel that foreign...especially since everyone here speaks english and we've listened to nothing but american music here at the bar in the hostel....i must say a very quick 'thank you' to No Doze for recommending this hostel...everyone is really nice and it has a great atmophere....very laid back, reminds me of spiderhouse in austin...

we'll be heading back to lille on saturday and then going to paris on tuesday for an all night election watchin' extravaganza...should be interesting, i'll post more later....adios
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"I, I always believed in futures
I hope for better in November"
- 'futures' jimmy eat world