Ouirdeaux - The Anker apppears to be non-smoking this year ...there IS a cute tabac smoking room for the bar / hotel
guests ...In years past we've asked for and gotten smoking rooms , and toked to our hearts content ,but this year seems to be different ...
They play some serious Billards on that table . We would have a glass of wine there nightly .There'd be all this billiard ball noise , and chit chat .,then I't would go dead quiet ...They'd all gone to the smoking room ...
Our next hotel was this one
the Queens Vorstelik Genieten ( or something like that) ...very quirky ...we got what amounted to a little split level apt.Had to climb a ladder to get to the bed .That worried me , I mean ,you better be careful if you wake up in the midddle of the night ,ya know maybe too much wine ...but they Had a nice inner courtyard ,where we DID
toke up ...I mean there was an ash tray , and nice chairs there ...no one said no ...The staff seemed entirely 20 something Dutch Babes ....another town where they like Yanks . The city itself is nice ,very well preserved GoldenAgeyness and all . Liked the museum . The kind of town that may appeal to Yanks more than Euros who are used to GoldenAgeyness. The CS scene is sparse ...only two in the centrum ...Suncity ( formerly Trenchtown ) has a totally new look from the last time we were here ( watched the Tchechies kick our ass in an '06 World Cup game there ) ...this is where you want to go if you smoke w/ Tabac ...lots of room .
Horizon is mostly for pure smokers . (look for the ass end of the HEMA) ...CS Alem got shut down ,because it was right across the playground from an elementary school ... had no problem driving in ,parking, getting to the Queens ,,,then it was back to AMS to resume kitty duties...
View out the Window of the Flehite Museum ...
S. (whose kitty we tend ) left a museum card . Her description fits de Vrouw . I shelled out the 40 Euro for my own . For the length of time we were there it seemed good to have the option . They're good all over the NL .Also this time a year is a bit rainy . Good to have an alternative place to hang out . My favorite Museum would be the Tropen in Amsterdam ...trippy place ...
I count four Mata Haris and one Serbian Assassin posing as a Papparazzi ....
Had no problems with the car rental thing .We've settled on SIXT as our car rental place of choice . Get the wheels by Centraal Station . Let the GPS get us outa town . Other than 010 when we strictly stayed in AMS ,with a couple train trips thrown in ,we've done the drive Holland thing . Only had 2 problems ...08 or thereabouts a windshield got cracked in Zutphen .Its true though that the credit cards will cover you for certain insurance issues . Yay ...Last year a month after our return we got a freakin Dutch speeding ticket in the mail . Some robo camera or something ...Turns out it WAS our car (Mrs Peel ,last years BMW)
but the date was off ...Ticket was issued two days AFTER we'd returned the car ...Got on the Phone to SIXT ...and the very appealing Dutch Girl voice on the other end said -Oops,we'll deal with it ...and they did ...This years car was nothing special though ...a little Opal ...
Night shot between Nes and Basjoe...
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