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All year, I planned to take my vacation in Amsterdam/Belgium and now that time has arrived. To get me started for this elaborate vacation, I was invited to the Menchaca's double birthday party in Stockton. They had make-your-own burrito buffet set out, they had a live mariachi band and they had an Elvis Presley impersonator. When the Elvis impersonator left the building, then they started playing good dancing music and one of the songs was "Let's Get it Started" by the Black Eyed Peas. When this song played, I knew I was ready for Amsterdam! Everyone at the party did a 'soul train' and I had visions of Amsterdam in my mind!

My Adventures in Amsterdam and Belgium

PaulDaleRoberts
2007-01-29 11:34:14

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well traveled world travelers, but yet we don't see all of the things that the USA or even California has to offer, but we both admitted we have both seen Disneyland.

A great place to visit is Boudisque Amsterdam, a place where I left material about my website Jazma Online! www.jazmaonline.com I am promoting my upcoming movie of my 1996 comic book The Legendary Dark Silhouette and this place, which sells all kinds of assorted items of tourist interest, welcomed my material. If you want something different to purchase, I highly suggest the Boudisque Amsterdam, for more information, email them at: info@boudisque.nl

Another young lady by the name of Cindy, who is a local of Amsterdam was very helpful in my travels and explained to me that there is a Dutch influence in New York. Harlem and Brooklyn are names derived from Holland and Holland has their own Harlem and Brooklyn. While I was in the Netherlands, they were going through their own election period and there was a lot of news on TV about this. If you want to go to a fun spot, check out a bar called the Excalibur. There is wild fun, dancing and great music....and yes, they have every kind of alcohol available! A great party place.

The streets of Amsterdam have a carnival atmosphere, sort of like Mardi Gras. I had a "Family Guy" flashback as I thought about my 1983 experience in New Orleans Mardi Gras and compared it to the streets of Amsterdam. I saw a man dressed as The Mask, another man dressed up as a gorilla, another man dressed up at King Neptune and even a man walking around with a live plant on top of his head. I went into a seedy part of Amsterdam, in which I felt saddened, because the women could not afford curtains and men peered through the windows. The women if they had a book, had to read under glaring red lights. As I walked past these windows, my school boy charm was still at full swing, because the women started tapping on the window and summoning me towards ...