* The guy at the post office this morning thinks Bush is a f---ing idiot, but that most folks think Americans are fine. It's just their president ...
I totally dig this place.
Oh, Dad and Joanie, I shipped myself a box of stuff to your house. But no stripper this time. Sorry.
* On the streets there are look left/look right guides to help people avoid getting plowed by a bus. Got to admit, they came in pretty useful.
* Upon further review, Amsterdam's airport is worse than Heathrow. And Dublin kicks both their butts.
* In airport I sat in what I thought was an open seat. I asked the guy sitting next to it if it was open. Hey made some gesture that couldn't definitely be called an affirmative or negative. So I asked again, rephrased and possibly setting up a double negative (I felt like a Bonds prosecutor) and he seemed to indicate that it was OK for me to sit down.
So I did. And he said nothing.
Several minutes later a woman came over and sat across from the man, who shrugged at her as if to say, "dude jacked your seat, beeatch." I thought about offering to switch, but I was having too much fun waiting to see if either of them (I think they were Czech) said anything.
They didn't. Few minutes later they left.
I win.
* The lead opinion piece in today's British Times is headlined, "Woman with organised handbag is a formidable foe."
No wonder we kicked their butts in those wars (that's right, don't forget about 1812).
* It occurred to me that I haven't written much about the weather when the lady my brother somehow convinced to marry him asked me about it. Fortunately, there hasn't been much to report. Some drizzles in Assisi, one rainy day in Florence, and that's about it. Pretty solid otherwise.
* Also occurs to me that I've whined about the cost of things a couple of times. Really, it just comes down to paying for silly stuff, like water in a restaurant, the right to sit in a restaurant, a bag at a convenience store to carry items just purchased at said store.
Many odd examples of stupid little things we take for granted (and for free) in U.S.
Of course, the dollar sucks and our economy is in bad shape, so maybe Italy, Germany and Ireland have it right (the Irish do have free water).
I will come back here ... Maybe when the dollar is stronger.
FUN FACT: All kids in Irish schools are forced to learn Gaelic, and all official signs are in both English and Gaelic. I'd suggest that all Americans should learn Esperanto, but I'm working to make it better with six of Miller High Life.
* Today's agenda: return to Amsterdam, hit the Rembrandt House and possibly a silly torture museum, maybe have some space cake, send some postcards and get ready to roll into Paris on Sunday.
Paris. Last stop on this tour. Crazy.
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OK, so just got back to the Netherlands, and it's chilly and rainy. Damnsterdam!
I also missed my train (no biggie, as they run every 10 minutes) because I was fighting with the ticket machines. I even risked putting my credit card in. Rejected, but at least it spit it back out.
Incidentally, I wonder where all these extra vowels came from.
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