Taking Eurostar High Speed Train To Amsterdam - Arriving In The Netherlands / My First Impressions
Train To Amsterdam
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Today's adventure begins as the
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recording of this Wednesday,
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June 18th, 2025.
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I am leaving the hotel and I just was
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staying out for a very brief while
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day layover
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here on the outskirts of London,
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England, Heathrow airport area. Stay at
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the Ibis Budget. And now I'm heading to
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a train station
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and I'm headed to Amsterdam.
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I think it's like a four four and a half
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hour train ride. Of course, I got to get
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over the train station first, which is
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probably going to be about an hour Uber.
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I'm heading there now. Welcome everyone.
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Adam the Woo here. Got my bags all ready
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to rock there. Just waiting on the ride
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share and I'm going to head off on a
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train trip. a trip in a train.
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There's one of the double-decker buses
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back there. Not taking a double-decker
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bus. Ordered an Uber. Need to get over
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to the train station.
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Inviting you to join me.
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Shall you? I need coffee. Jet lag is a
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real thing. I think I got about 3 hours
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of sleep last night and about the same
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the night before. That's okay though.
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Caffeine will happen.
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Going over to St. Pancress International
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Train Station. I've never gone out of an
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international train station before. Only
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international airports, so that'll be
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new. Yeah, I stayed up till like 3:00 in
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the morning. I was watching the Rays
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gang. They lost last night to the
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Orioles. series is tied up one and one,
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but the game started so late. First
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pitch London time for a game happening
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in Florida, which is usually 7:00 p.m.
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was like 12:30. It was like 12:30 when
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the game started after midnight. So, I
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was up late. I couldn't go to I couldn't
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sleep. Holy cow. I might miss my train.
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That took forever. Traffic was horrible.
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I wasn't really near a train station
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where I was and I was trying to figure
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out if walking a mile to the nearest
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train station or just having the Uber
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drop me off at a train station. I kept
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looking at the time frames
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and it just was better to stay in the
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taxi, but I got a couple minutes to get
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in here. My train departs in like 35
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minutes.
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I'm not going to make it. My train
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leaves in
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My train leaves in 40 minutes. There's
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no way. I got Euro Star Plus. I don't
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have Euroar Premium, but yeah, I'm not
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I'm not getting on this train. What a
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mess. 2 hours.
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Oh,
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they're saying there's a delay. 2 hours.
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I uh Yeah, this is this is not fun.
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There was some sort of a miracle. I
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found a person holding a sign. I didn't
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have to wait in that massive
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Thank you.
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I don't know what that massive line out
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there was for, but I bypassed
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hundreds of people cuz there was a sign
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saying 11:04. So evidently that was just
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for baggage or maybe that was just a
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purchase tickets,
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but I got in right under the cusp.
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Wow. That uh I I was just ready to stay
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here for another day and then just maybe
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do this again tomorrow. Yeah, they cut
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off the line a half hour prior, which
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would have been 4 minutes ago cuz my
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train leaves at 11:04 a.m. So, at 11:34,
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I got in at like 11 or 10:30, so less
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than an hour before.
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And security and bag check wasn't that
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bad. Holy cow, I didn't think I was
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going to make it.
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I saw that huge line. That line must
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have been for something else. Maybe just
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to buy tickets.
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I was like getting a little stressed
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there for a minute.
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11:04
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it takes off. 10:38 is the current time.
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Now, let me see where I'm sitting. This
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is it. It's a Euro style. I think I may
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have said Aerero style, but it's a Euro
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style. Sitting in coach 14, seat 51.
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Standing in coach 8 and 9.
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time I was talking to the taxi driver,
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he was getting a little stressed, too.
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He's like, "You traffic isn't this bad?"
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Again, my fault for not getting a hotel
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closer
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to the train station,
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but I figured when I landed the other
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day, it' be easier just to have a
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hotel near the airport. Should have
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probably had one near
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St. Pancress.
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But I made it. I'm getting on the train.
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That was that was quite a huge
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congregation of people in that line.
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Thankfully, I just didn't bail. I almost
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just almost walked out. It's like I'm
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going to get another hotel somewhere
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else. And then as I was walking around
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the side, saw a sign that had the
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Amsterdam 11:04.
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Glad I saw that person holding that
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sign.
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And going through customs wasn't that
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quick. They stamped my passport. That
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customs line was only like 2 minutes.
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I am relieved.
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All right, off to Amsterdam
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on the Euro style.
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I got coffee on this bad boy. So, I have
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not had a coffee this morning. I could
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definitely use my map.
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Here's
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the seating assignment. Seat 51
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like someone's going to be sitting
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across me at this table.
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But I am happy I am on
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this train station.
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All right, off on time.
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I am really grateful to be on this
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thing. I honestly when I walked in the
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train station getting there right 2 or 3
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minutes before the cut off point and I
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saw that line I had my doubts but it
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worked out. Looks like cabin 8 and 9 is
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where you can get some coffee. I think
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they might bring service through
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but I think we're going to maybe walk
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over to eight night see have some
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coffee.
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Also, there's someone sitting directly
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across from me. We're just like staring
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at each other. So, I don't know how much
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time I'm going to spend in my seat. I
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might just pace around truthfully.
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There was service in the section I'm
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sitting in, but the coffee cup so teeny
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tiny. I think I'm going to go over here
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to the Euro Star Cafe. I had to walk
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like five coaches up.
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Quite a little bit of a walk, but they
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have larger cups over here. So, I'm just
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going to buy a buy a coffee.
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Getting two lattes.
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Cups are kind of small, but definitely
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way bigger than the ones they have at
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the seat.
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This is nice. They give you a little
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little packet to walk. You definitely
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have to have your sea legs when you're
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on this
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train cuz this thing's kind of
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kind of shaky.
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So, holding two coffees on a camera
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would be uh that would end well. I'd
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probably end up smoking with another
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passenger.
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I guess I like these automatic doors
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up. Door opens.
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All right, finished my coffee. Feeling
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pretty good now.
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Just looking over the E321 safety on
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board.
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There are a few stops. We stopped at one
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place to let more people on and some
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people off. I thought about switching
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seats cuz there are a couple open seats.
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The only thing is if you do that then
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the next stop you you'll have people
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say that's my seat. So we just opted to
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stand.
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We also went under the water. We were
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under the water for a half hour. It was
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like a tunnel
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It's kind of thinned out a little bit as
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the route is going on. A couple
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different stops.
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People have gotten on and off.
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This area through here is empty now.
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There's also these little areas which
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are like business suites.
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I think you can like rent one of these
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seats. It's like a little closed area
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where you can have like an office.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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I made it.
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First time in my life in
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Amsterdam,
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Netherlands.
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Wasn't too bad. A little over 4 hours. 4
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hours and 15 minutes, I believe. It was
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the first up until the first stop was
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the most crowded spot.
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And then after the second and third
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stop, more people got off. There's a
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little more room.
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Speed train.
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Also 1 hour time difference is now 4:25.
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It's 3:25 in London.
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Well, about 3:25.
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This guy's walking through here with a
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wolf. No leash.
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Didn't think I'd see a guy walking with
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a wolf at the Amsterdam train station.
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Grab a taxi or ride share to my hotel.
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Oh, the weather feels really nice. It's
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cooler here than it was in London. Can
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already tell a little bit of a
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difference. Not that it was unbearable
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in London. It was definitely
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better weather in London than it was in
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Florida, but it was still a little a
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little warmer. Nice little breeze coming
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off the water here.
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Little bike path right here. Man, this
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is feels so good outside.
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Oh yeah, look at that. You got a boat
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going by.
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Nice little skyline amongst the water.
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People riding their bikes. Looks like
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it's only about a half of a mile or a
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little more
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than a half a mile, less than a mile,
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between a mile and a half a mile to my
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hotel. Probably closer to half a mile
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than it is a mile
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to my hotel. So, I think I might just
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walk it.
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I think I might just walk to my hotel
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instead of taking a taxi. Doing what? As
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I'm told, take a picture of these maps.
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This must be the subway system, train
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system. All right, I'll grab my phone.
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I'll take it. Just because it says to, I
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I'll do I'll do it.
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So, bikes and scooters allowed on that
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little
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transportation area. This definitely
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looks like it's going to be a biking
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setting. Not a biking. Viking. Oh, maybe
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a Viking.
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Amsterdam Central. That's the name of
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the station.
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Beautiful cathedral over there.
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Waterfront, boats, amazing architecture.
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Oh, this boat is coming in hot. Going
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right underneath the bridge.
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Look at that.
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Just zipping right along there.
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Quite a few
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boat options through here during my
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stay. I might be inclined to do a boat
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tour. Probably will
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here for a little while.
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This guy's got his own little watercraft
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all by himself. Looks like there's
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transportation everywhere.
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Man,
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this place is beautiful. Look at this.
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Yeah, the area I'm staying in is right
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in this general vicinity,
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which looks like a pretty good area to
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to be around. It's a nice little nice
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little section.
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It's like almost looks like a little
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alley through here. Take a look how the
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Take a look how the buildings are
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leaning in a little bit.
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Especially that one right there. It's
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almost
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It's a little bit offcentered and
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leaning forward. I don't know if that's
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just because over time it's meant to be
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or if it was designed that way. That
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building is protruding, falling inward.
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a lot of them are probably designed that
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way. Really cool looking.
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The old signs.
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Love the old neon. Very nice. And then
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you just turn this direction.
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Like the way the sight lines are, how
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you kind of look down that way and it's
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not like it's kind of shifted. So you
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see buildings even though the road's
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kind of going in a straight pattern, but
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you kind of it's more cinematic. That's
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the word I'm kind of looking for. See
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how it just kind of like angles that
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direction. It's not like a normal
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straight street. I don't know. Something
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about that I like. I think I'm going to
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go check in my hotel,
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relax for just a little bit, and then go
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out and walk around. I think I'm going
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to stay out too late. Just put myself
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away and then peruse around the
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neighborhood.
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Today was more just a travel day getting
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over here, but
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Some euros. Never used euros before.
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Nice
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conversion rate is $1.15
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to1 that's the conversion rate so pretty
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close but
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well not exactly close but closer than
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some other countries the conversion rate
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1 to$ 1.5 is a euro
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went back to the hotel relaxed for a
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little bit and I'm going to walk around
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I think the sun will be setting in about
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an hour and a half actually less than
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that it's 8:53 right Now sun's still
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out. End up taking an hour nap, which
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was much needed. Much needed. Feeling
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refreshed.
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But try to go to bed at a decent hour
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tonight. Even though drastic difference
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from what I'm used to in celebration
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or even on LA time. It's 9:00 right now,
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which means celebration. It's 3:00. It's
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only noon in LA. Noon.
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Six hour difference from here to
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Orlando, Central Florida. Six hours
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ahead. Nine hours ahead
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of Florida or 9 hours ahead of LA.
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Yeah, just getting that just getting
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that hour catnap. Oh, it's a beautiful
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thing.
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Now I need another coffee. Look at this.
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This is so so great. This weather is
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really really nice. Honestly, this
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weather is f so freaking perfect right
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now.
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Yeah, this weather is nice. 8:57 to be
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more precise.
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69° going to go sunset
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is at 10:05 Netherlands time.
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So, an hour from now, the sun will be
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setting.
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All right, first impression. Loving it.
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There's a casino down there.
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Birds flying around. Seagulls. Kid
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almost fell off the bike. These seagulls
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are just swooping swooping down upon
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everyone that's like walking around or
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riding a bike. You get the train station
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that I arrived at a couple hours ago
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down there.
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Look at these. Look at these
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wooden shoes.
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Some Holland wooden shoes
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right there.
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Now I believe Holland is part of
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Netherlands. When I think of Holland, I
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think it's officially Holland in the
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Netherlands, but I think there's more
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than just the Netherlands being Holland.
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I think Holland makes up two countries,
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not just the Netherlands. Either way,
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there are some amazing shoes. Wooden
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shoes. Look at these.
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I got my Crocs on.
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These are wooden.
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Crocs don't make any wooden ones. Must
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be a thing for all these stores for
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people to just try out their shoes. This
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is the Bulldog, which is a gift shop, an
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Amsterdam gift shop. Maybe I'll grab a
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couple cheap t-shirts to wear while I'm
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here. I ended up getting from the
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Amsterdam Amsterdam experience store. I
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got a couple magnets and a little change
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purse which has I just dropped a coin
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euro right on the ground down there.
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I'll pick it up in a second. But I got a
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little change purse to put my coin coins
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in. And then I also got a few m couple
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well two magnets right over inside here.
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I guess the tulips are a big uh a big
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flower here in Amsterdam, but there's a
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couple magnets in there. I'll show them
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at a later time. World's teeniest
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tiniest car.
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Look at this thing. [laughter]
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This is What? This is tiny.
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A Can LX.
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I love that.
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Love all these boats going by.
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Yeah, that's like half the size of my
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golf cart.
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Saw a lot of magnets that said city of
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bikes. Guess that's the nickname. And I
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can definitely see why. There are just
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bikes everywhere. Wonder if any of these
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have ever gone down any sweet slides.
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That guy was holding his ribs. Maybe he
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just maybe he just ate it on a sweet
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slide. Yeah, look at these roads.
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Very cinematic. I think it's I don't
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know if that's the correct word I'm
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looking for, but yeah,
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it is quite divide through here. Look at
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this. Boats, bikes,
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through this canal.
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This over here says Amsterdam 750 J A R.
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Kind of reminds me of the Venice Beach
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sign that goes across the road there
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going to Venice Beach. That's what this
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little section immediately reminded me
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of. Long way from Venice right now
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though. Long way. Fluid motion. Fluid
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transportation motion going everywhere.
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Again, I mentioned the boats and the
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bikes. There's also the city, not buses,
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but the city trains
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they go through.
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There's a canal cruise right there.
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Booze it up.
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Oh, they're having a nice little
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romantic dinner.
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Well, this has got to make like a
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three-point turn to even get where it's
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going. This boat might be a little too
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big for this turn. They got it figured
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out.
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These guys over here trying to make
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their way to the shore. They have the
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little boat.
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Yeah, I can see myself on a boat while
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I'm here for the next series of days.
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Some old boats dock through here as
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well.
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This one has some grass growing on top
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of it.
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Look at this. It's like something out of
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Jack in the Bean stalk. You got the tree
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right here.
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And then you got the stalk going all the
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way up.
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Look at that. That's something I've
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never seen in person before. Only in
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like a book or
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publication.
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Right. That's a stalk.
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Yeah, I really like these winding
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alleyways and streets
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and how they get really narrow.
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And there's all these little motel,
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hotels through here, too. Restaurants,
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coffee shops,
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kind of stuff,
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tattoo shops. That is a chita banana
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transportation train that just went by.
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Yeah, it was a actual banana banana
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train. This really is the perfect time
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to be walking around. There goes a
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seagull flying by. Street here is pretty
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busy. A lot of people walking around.
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It's almost dark.
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Yeah, buildings are definitely a couple
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of them are slanted. There's another
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seagull slanted
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more than other ones,
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which kind of adds to the view a little
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bit.
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I don't think I've ever been to a place
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with this many bikes. Their slogan is
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definitely
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on point.
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There's a lot of bikes in this in the
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city.
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I mean, more bikes than cars.
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There's one right there.
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All right. Kind of got the layout of the
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land a little bit.
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Soaking in briefly the area I'm going to
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be staying in.
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Thanks for watching. I'll see you in the
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next video. The vlog
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is over.