AMSTERDAM

Well, it was time for the three wise men to get together.
By wise i mean to be sarcastic, by three i mean Allan, Niki II, and me (being, by birth, chronologically the first of Nikis), and by together i mean Amsterdam.






That city is as charming everytime. It manages to combine the calm village look, with its low, small, picturesque and so bizzarre houses, and the buzz of a big city 'where it's all at'. If you don't mind the stoned american tourists, the junkies, pushers, and whores. It has to be one of the few cities where men in suits ride bikes. Riding a bike is so cool.

So, if anyone noticed, the month changed too - that is the time when finnish have this tiny, low-key party called vappu. Well, the Dutch had their equivalent. It was called Queen's Day. It was very much like vappu actually, just with more orange, really tall people. And even though the Dutch have a lot going on for them (boys, the girls are soooooo pretty. and too tall for me), music taste is not one of them. I thought we buried techno in the hellhole that were the 90's. Well, i guess nobody told the Dutch, cause they were all crowded around the hundreds of DJ's in the city playing the same crap, in a complete frenzy.

But the best part was definitely seeing my buddies, and i have to hand it to, and thank, our host Allan for a great time and the effort he put in (with a little bit less stress this time, but with the same old heavy preference for planning. Allans way.) We ate horribly unhealthy and delicious stuff - i now know all the kebab places in Allan's neighbourhood.

So much for the fenzy of Amsterdam, now i am going to the countryside, 500 kilometers south of France with - get this - FRENCH PEOPLE. if you don't get the joke - it's cause french people are a rare species for foreigners here.

P.S. Just came back from boxing. I SO got my ass kicked again. its SO irritating. i guess missing half the classes and being bad at sports will do that to you.

P.S.2. sorry for anybody who tried to call me during vappu, my french phone didnt work there.