Amsterdam.. Cool experience..

After the Hague, we took a train to Amsterdam.. Amsterdam is famous for its houses with big windows, canals, coffeeshops, tulips, windmills and of course red light district.. 3 of the above mentioned could be seen in the two pictures below.. coffeeshops in Amsterdam means places where ppl could smoke weed (marijuana) or consume weed in any other form such as eating it in weed cookies or cakes or milk shakes.. It is legal in Holland to consume such a drug.. 2 coffeeshops could be seen in the second picture.. heard from my Chinese teacher in junior college that the reasons why houses here have large windows n small doors is that there used to be a tax on the size of the door, thus ppl here make their doors small enuff for one person to just pass thru while windows are made wide n near the ground so that furniture could be passed in or out during moving.. haha i wonder if that is true but it seems rather logical..
also i realise later in the night that such big windows serve "other" purposes..haha



It is rather common to find such signs around Amsterdam..

no no.. dont confuse it with brassiere (which is "bra").. it is brasserie which i tink means cafe or smt like that in French..
After checking in our Stayokay hostel in Amsterdam, we decided to go for a short walk around town..

There is a flower market along a canal.. what does it sell mostly? TULIPS!!.. haha too bad for the snow.. there r no tulips when we came.. not the season yet..



Sex shops r everywhere in Amsterdam.. there sex cinemas, sex gadgets shops.. anything that could be sold abt sex could be found here.. cool...


This is a rather famous coffeeshop in Amsterdam.. its located in a rather deserted alley.. one of the scenes in Ocean's Twelve is shot here.. thats why its famous n often crowded..

Another one of many coffeeshops in Amsterdam.. Its called "Homegrown Fantasy"


These are weed cakes.. i heard that they r really really potent.. once taken, the effect will kick in within one hour n last for a long time

"Nothing" much happened tonite.. we went back to our hostel to rest after a long n seemingly never ending walk in Amsterdam.. haha