An Amsterdammin' Good Weekend

I am very very excited...Sharon and I have officially booked a 10 day trip to Morocco!!! We'll be leaving for North Africa on November 14th and we'll land in Marrakesh. We have no idea what we are going to do there but I'll be picking up a Lonely Planet tomorrow to solve that problem. I'm sure it will be fan-fricken-tastic though...speaking of which, so was my weekend. I stayed in Amsterdam and had a few really great nights. On Thursday night, Sharon, Paola and I went out to find a dancefloor, luckily in this city, that's not too difficult. We started off at this really cool lounge kind of bar, where the dj was spinning some really good house. Unfortunately there was no dance floor so we decided to check out the club next door, Escape. While (bregudgingly) waiting in line, we looked around and noticed that everyone looked about 17 years old. We knew it was student night, we just didn't expect that to include pre-school. In any event, we old-timers decided to venture to a venue that was more age appropriate. We ended up at Rain. The club was gorgeous, very modern with an asian kind of decor, very zen. There were orchids all over the place, which I love. Anyway, the dj booth consisted of these kind of lit pods right on the dance floor. The music was amazing, the dj was spinning good housebeats and he was accompanied by this saxophone player who was randomly interjecting a very jazzy rhythm. The club closed at 2 though, so we didn't have that much of a chance to dance, so we made up for it on Saturday night. We decided to return to Escape, given that it was not a "student" night and it was a good decision-there is really good music everywhere in this city, I can't get over it!

Anyway, our apartment has been packed this weekend, Paola's mother is visiting from England, Elisa's best friend from Berlin is here until Tuesday and Sharon's friend, Zaki, whom she met while traveling in Thailand last year, was also here for two days. Its hard to remember to study amid all this craziness of planning trips and living in Amsterdam...

A few people complained that they cannot comment on my blog without signing up for an account. I think I've resolved this by allowing anonymous comments, so comment away--I know some of you must be very anxious to scold me for my debaucherous lifestyle as of late and now you can.