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Argentina/Chile (week 1)

Henning Nielsen
2005-11-09 11:51:17

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Saturday, november 18'th

Nice, quiet and uncomplicated deperture from Billund to Schiphol Amsterdam. I will spend my weekend in Amsterdam which is more fun than Vejle. I put most of my luggage in a locker at the airport - I don't need it for just the weekend.

Take the train to Amsterdam, and the traditional walking-around the canal-thing. Later I find my way to Edam - about 30-40 km. north of A'dam.
It's been pretty hard to find accomodation in Amsterdam for just one night. And since I had thought of a trip to Edam I thought - why not stay there. So I ordered via the Internet, but it turned out that the "Tollhuis" was placed some distance away from Edam. But when I called them, they offered to pick me up at the busstation in Edam - so no problem anyway. The manager picked me up at 5 pm - where things were getting rough and cold - and took me to the hotel, right beside the big lake of Ijselmeer.

Sunday, november 19'th

Leaving the "Tollhuis" at 10 am for Edam and on to A'dam. Nothing special that I want to see - just take a look around this nice city.

But I change my mind, as it starts to rain, and istead go for the Van Gogh-museum. It's infact pretty exiting, because it's easy to get around. And the cafe is brilliant. And for once - a museum which is not full of "sponsors".

It's almost dry for the rest of the day. So I take a long walk around the city. In the evening it starts to rain cats and dogs so I go for Schiphol and my KLM-plane to Buenos Aires which is scheduled for departure 5 minuttes before midnight.

Monday, november 20'th

16 hours of flying - booooooring. And the plane is packed, so it's hard to get some sleep.

After 12 hours we land in Sao Paulo, Brazil ...