Land Of the Giants..... 

Land Of the Giants.....

They don't call this country the land of the giants for nothing.....with my 1.79 m which is pretty good in portuguese satndards I feel like a dwarf here....these people are huge....even the women....

Another day in Amsterdam, it's so hot here that even though I go to bed at 7-8 am by 10 I'm up cause the room gets hotter than a sauna....really hard to get a good rest....but it all works out well cause that way I get to go out at night and still see the city during the day....

I've taken loads of photos, just haven't put them online yet but soon....

I promised myself I'd go to all the museums and stuff but it's obvious most people don't make it to any tourist attractions here, they are constantly partying, no time for turisty things.... I'll go to some tomorrow though...:)

Tonight I had another big one....went to the famous place I've been hearing about "leidseplein", fuck I'm glad I didn't walk there the other day....we got a cab tonight and it still took ages....but it was worth it....it's THE spot to go out....loved it....

On my way home I had my first experience of how much more dangerous Europe is than Australia....I carry all my documents and money in one of those flat waist bags that you wear under your clothes....and thank god I do that....

On my way home I dropped off a couple of girls at their place (near mine) and as soon as they left this african guy showed up out of nowhere....(I recognized him cause he'd been following us about 6 hours earlier that night) so I thought oooh...I'm in trouble now.....no one on the street, carrying my camera etc....

The guy spins this bullshit about how he sleeps on the street and needs a place to stay....before I know it another guy turns up all friendly shaking hands with me and stuff ans asks me where I'm from...I say Portugal and he says oh you guys like to fight when you play soccer and jokingly (which is what I thought at the time) tries to tackle me to the ground....little did I know that while he was doing that he actually managed to get his hand in my pocket.....the thing is all I have in my pockets is my hotel kjey card...so 10 seconds later he comes back and says I dropped it on the ground which is impossible....anyway.....lesson to be learnt.....but thank god I have this safe pack...:) It's all part of the adventure anyway....

Having a great time....will keep you posted.....hopefully when i get the time I'll post some articles sober....so that you get a better feel of the city instead of my drunk articles where I just describe stuff....

Keep in touch everyone....

Bye for now...