Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Monday, 19 March 2012
This is how I roll...
Yeah that's right, I did it, what's up?
Light weight 40 litre cranberry trolley with brake bar and back storage zip.
Word.
Sunday, 18 March 2012
Harry van Gestel & Maui Reple Art Gallery Amsterdam
We wandered past the art gallery of Harry van Gestel & Maui Reple today in Centrum.
His pieces were amazing; some of those larger ones Andrew is standing beside had price tags of €15k. We were invited in with champagne to look around. Don't worry, Harry also invited us to take as many pictures as we liked.
The highlight for me was when I heard a loud crash; I turned around to see Andrew and an older man looking at a damaged sculpture lying on the floor (above)....thankfully it wasn't Andrew and the piece was only slightly damaged. For a split second I thought we were going to have to leg it or cough up several thousand.....
St Patrick's Day 2012 & Melkweg Club Amsterdam
Yesterday was St Patrick's Day; I didn't even realize until we went looking for the Melkweg Club to make sure we know where we were going for our Example concert.
We reached Leidseplein Square and immediately ran into several dozen Americans in giant Guiness Hats being very American and shouting 'WOOAH YEAH! I'm Irish, Welcome to St Paddy's day'.....literally to each other, they weren't putting on a show or anything.
We had a rest in the afternoon and within 20 minutes and two short tram rides, we got to the Melkweg Club. You take the Number 1, 2 or 5 from Central station and get off at Leidseplein.
I know, I'm adorable.
It couldn't have been easier. A few weeks ago I bought 2 tickets for the show and 2 memberships on line. We each had to print off 1 Membership and 1 Ticket and just show them at the door, where they scanned a bar code. That was it. There were people of all ages in there, quite a few British, and kids from 16 upwards. We went up on the balcony where there was plenty of room; we could even sit on some of the tiered levels and put our coats behind us, so there was no need to check anything in.
Drinks were reasonably priced; €3.80 for a large bottle of beer, €2.80 for a small one and €2.80 for water; saying that, lots of girls had brought water bottles in in their coats and filled them in the toilets.
There was plenty of room, plenty of air conditioning and the sound system was great.
The Membership was €4.00 and will let us in for 1 month; so it's a good option to get in somewhere for free as long as you don't hammer the drinks.
Friday, 16 March 2012
Dam Square Amsterdam and The Sex Museum
So it's now taking me only 15 minutes from I leave my apartment, get on the correct tram in the correct direction, until I am right at Dam Square in the center of Amsterdam.
Yesterday was just beautiful for an Irish girl; not to hot, about 18 degrees and lovely hazy sunshine.
The is Madame Tussauds. We are tight on money at the moment; and literally you could spend 100's between two people very very easily every single day. Take a 1 hour canal tour €15 each, attraction like Madame Tussauds 1 hour €15 each, lunch €40 for 2, dinner €60 for 2, all the little coffee and snack breaks inbetween EASILY €70...buy a dress €25. That's €225 right there between two people in one day (presuming only I buy a dress and not Andrew)
It would be so easy to go through money so we are having to be very careful. Everything smells and looks wonderful. But on a day like yesterday it's lovely to sit outside. We bought a packet of Brioche bread for €1.65 for 10 rolls; and the biggest tub of potato salad I have ever seen for €1.85 with some ham at €2.00; and that was lovely.
We watched this guy for a while who drew quite a crowd. This is the middle of his act where he was contorting his body through the center of a tennis racket whilst balance a glass ball on his head. Later he put a fire ball down his trousers.
One of the attractions I remember vividly from the last time I was in Amsterdam was the SEX MUSEUM. I took my mother and didn't allow her to go into the S&M section. I've been to a sex museum in New York and it wasn't great. They were showing One Night In Paris projected on a wall...lots of porn clips everywhere and 'shock factor'
But the Sex Museum in Amsterdam is really really 'arty' Lots of paintings, comics, sculptures and photographs going back 100's of years. It's a historical walk through the sex industry, social perception and it's influence on art. Really interesting and quite funny; the ground floor has a real 'Fun Fair feel'.
The best thing about it? It costs only €4.00 to get in (and they have toilets) Everyone's a winner
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