My New Bike!

The last few days I have spent wandering the streets of Amsterdam, buying things for my new life and taking care of initial business. I would find cool places, and then shortly return to them, not knowing how I ended up where I did, even if the outcome was what was hoped for. I would also spot the buildings I wanted to visit from a distance, and then head towards them instead of using a map. Sometimes I ended up 20 feet from the main entrance, with a tiny canal seperating us. A canal can be an ocean let me tell you. I even ended up in the Red Light district not realizing it, and asking (what I later realized was) a junkie for directions.

Today my wandering through the streets was totally planned; I know know the major streets, how to get to them and where they will take me. I intentionally returned home through the Red Light district. A happy fellow on a bike cycled up to me. I smiled back. He asked me how I was doing. "Good, just looking for a bike". To this the happy cyclist replied "You can have mine for 25 euro". After more casual conversation, me asking if he was a cop 3 times, and an exchange of 20 euros, I am now the owner of a very cool bike. I even fixed it up so it's not recognizable. If you're still wandering what happend, I bought a very very very expensive bike for only 20 euros from a happy guy in the Red Light district.

Before / After