11/19/04

We woke up at 8 am, to the same weather we went to sleep to. Lots of wind and rain. But about 9:30 am the sun almost started to peak through the clouds. So caleb and I put all of our drenched cloths in the campground dryer. Then we packed up our camp and our bikes again and headed into Amsterdam. We headed into the youth hostel we had stayed at the week prevous. We were planing on getting discount train or bus tickets from them. It turns out that they only sell bus tickets. So tomorrow we are planning on either buying a bus or train ticket to south or spain. Today we checked into the youth hostel and got a two person room. No sharing! It is like a palice to us because we have hot running water, a sink right in our own room, a celing tall enough to have both of us be alone and standing, lots or room to dry our still wet gear and clothing. And a bathroom and a shower we don't have to walk outside to use. Its like shangri-la! We went to Albert-Heijn(the local chain grocery market in holland) to get dinner. It was a nice walk because the rain has ceaced for a couple of hours. A big event for these here parts. We both showered in very hot water without being timed!(usually you need at least 1 euro for 6 minutes for a shower) Then we went down to the hostel bar for some free coffee and teaa and hang out. We met this nice girl from Hungry named Emese. She has decided to come to our favorite Amsterdam coffee shop Abraxas, with us. Aftera cocoa Emese went back to the hostel and we went to play some uno(si8nce our regular cards basicly got distroyed by the rain). When we saw some locals playing uno. I aksed to deal in anbd we got starteed playing uno dutch style. Its the same but there are no words on the cards, and you can playany drawa cards on other draw cards to add them up. And when someone runds out of cards then every one keeps playing until you have only one left. Tomorrow, spain or bust!