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Originally posted by cono_sur LOL From what I recall, it was your idea. Oh...and...btw...you were in it too.

i recall no such thing

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dEsidEL, the company is EU based....doing work for the Telegraf newspaper ( in some roundabout way heh)

And what is the consensus on the pics??! Whos are they REAAAAALLYY?




SS

amsterdam is very interesting, and has a lot to offer.. meaning, it's very tourism oriented, which then translates into very steep prices for virtually everything you can think of.. i got to meet a few people that lived there and they all said, although its a fun city, it's also very hard to get by...

in any case, 4 months there is better spent than 4 months here!

have fun

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Originally posted by dEsidEL i recall no such thing

Must've been the coffee.

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Originally posted by Summer21 dEsidEL, the company is EU based....doing work for the Telegraf newspaper ( in some roundabout way heh) And what is the consensus on the pics??! Whos are they REAAAAALLYY? SS

Mine. All mine.

However, the ones from Sensation White are courtesy of loca & loconet since they were smart enough to bring their cam.

Link to pics

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Originally posted by TranceGeek it's also very hard to get by... in any case, 4 months there is better spent than 4 months here! have fun

from what I have heard.. you just need to learn to adapt to their style of living which is completely different from ours...once you got that down you should be ok.
learn as much dutch as you can before you go.. maybe even take a course.. the more you know the better off you will be as well

but yes.. I rather spend 4 months there than here as well.. it is crazy there and a ton of fun.. hope you are prepared

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^^ you guys were prolly too stoned to care who's in which picture at the time.

oh... Sandra, watch out for drunk girls on bikes at night.

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Sounds like a party, have a good time and take it easy! :P

I don't have any moving tips and I was going to suggust ask in the other regional forum, but someone already did.

Good luck!

Go to Australian Homemade & get their hot chocolate- u will LOVE IT!
http://www.australianhomemade.com/

Pics from my trip in 2003
http://www.travelninja.com/gallery/...ls.php?album=42

And hit up any major festival headed your way, esp. any ID&T parties.
Pics from Dance Valley 2003
http://www.travelninja.com/gallery/...ls.php?album=41

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speaking of ID&T .. take ur two hands and press ur digits against each other with the thumb pointed outward in a 90 degree angle .. now take both hands and place ur two thumbs side-by-side with palms facing outward .. that's how they wave hello to each other there

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Originally posted by Summer21 Moving to Amsterdam, Any tips?

take advantage of their relaxed possession laws for pot

in terms of accomodation i am useless as i stayed @ a hotel during my trip..

uber-jealous.. enjoy!!

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don't worry about speaking dutch... unless your accent is perfect residents of a'dam will be speaking english to you....

don't worry about the drugs either.... drugs in the netherlands are quite clean, and if you're worried about them you can always get them tested....

the most important thing is to not get frustrated... the dutch, like any other group of people, can be quite difficult at times, especially to buitenlanders... its nothing personally meant by it... its just the dutch... get used to hearing things like 'it's not possible.'

amsterdam is a beautiful city... take the time to see everything you can.... goto the rijks museum , see the nightwatch... also see the torrentious(sp?) painting, only one of his paintings to survive... the van gogh, anne frank huis, heineken brewery... do all the touristy stuff and get it out of the way as soon as possible... there's a funny little sex museum right by centraal station... at very least a laugh...

visit den haag, i like that city, far more dutch then amsterdam.... and you can see delft while you're their... when i had first moved to holland they were celebrating the city's 750th anniversary.....

other then that maastricht is a great town to visit... party/university town, with a very different history to it then the rest of the netherlands...

any specific questions, feel free to ask...

lex

I would move into a boat if you want to be close to the central station.