Today, Friday, we met as a group and went to Vondelpark for our presentations, It was nice out and overall I think everyone did a good job. While we were first starting to present a group of construction workers interrupted us simply by driving their huge crane truck. It seemed as though it was an attempt to lash out at us since we were obviously tourists. Also, towards the end of everything a guy from the Holland Casino was biking around and he gave us all FREE water, which I thought was both generous and strange at the same time.
After the presentations I wandered by myself around Amsterdam some more and eventually I found myself in the Flower Market. I found that there are a lot of different kinds and variations of vegetation... not just flowers. Unfortunately I am and will always be forbidden from bringing any of the live vegetation from the Netherlands back in to America, which I think is a blend of cultures that would greatly benefit Americas consumerism culture, our endless need to have.
After the market, my wandering habits resulted in myself getting soooo lost that it took the purchase of a map and two hours to get where I needed to be... which leads me into my last point on the issues that are Amsterdam... the roads... Travelers beware, Amsterdam is built on a canal system, which long story short means that no road actually goes straight except roads leading away from the exact middle. Strange difference in city layouts, it can account for one strange night of endless wandering.
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