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Saturday December 9th My flight in was uneventful from LA and I arrived in Amsterdam Saturday
evening well rested. We took a tram to the Red Light District and walked around. No tour book that I read adequately described this place. There are storefronts with red lights over them and girls of every imaginable type in the store windows enticing customers. The vast majority of people walking around were tourists like us. When a real customer comes to a storefront door to negotiate for services, nearby tourists stop and gawk, trying to overhear the transaction. The area is so "in your face" with vice, it was a stark contrast to other large cities where similar activities are hidden in the shadows. We took a tram back to the museum area and warmed up in a crowded pub where we spoke with a couple from the UK and a group of Scottish folks who were picture crazy. One of them snapped this picture of John and I sipping a Belgian beer.
From the pub we walked over to a live music club called the Milky Way. They had several rooms with good groups playing. The large room had a very good Irish rock group playing and we hung out there until their set ended at around 1am. I got a picture of the group, but I have since forgotten their name. It began with an "A". |
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