so, after a full day of the zoo, museums, riding around on the tandem mac bike, and finally a hearty dinner, we ventured into a very orange and tibetan-themed cafe close to the leidsplein area called "rokery". it was ornate with buddhist designs and figures all over its walls, and had comfy pillows on the floors against the walls. it had a full menu of coffees and teas. then they had another menu featuring items like a delicious, chocolatey muffin, and other things with names like "amnesia haze" and "white ox", which was an award winner. it was quite an experience just to be able to pick these things off of a menu.
in summary, the rest of the night went like this: we left rokery, walked down the block, decided to head to the red light district, so we got the bike and meandered across town without once looking at the map; we were in the midst of the red light district before we knew it; parked the bike by the "i love you shop", and wandered amidst drunken crowds and red-lit, curtained windows with half-dressed women writhing in front of them. after what seemed like hours we decided we'd better find the bike and head to the hostel. that proved more difficult than expected. giving up on the bike, we decided to take the train back to waterlooplein. we did that, then began walking towards what we thought was the hostel, but realized to our surprise, that we ended up back at centraal station! hmm.... it's a circular town - you start at one end, and if you're not careful, you can end up where you began!
the night was marked by phrases like, "hm, i could go for some...." and, "do you know where we are?"
off now to go find the bike...
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Recap: so after we found our bike many things became very familiar and the "i love you shop" was no where near our bikes. ironically maggie have been talking about this old church that we should see and don't you know our freaking bike was parked on the fence outside of this church.
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