AN AMSTERDAM GOOD TIME

I was offered a free weekend so I bought a ticket and 3 hours later

I took a midnight train going anywhere...

(by anywhere I mean Amsterdam and it was really a bus)

 165 canals, 1,281 bridges, 2500 houseboats, and over 600,000 bikes...welcome to Amsterdam

Just a few people ride bikes here...

Made some friends. We got lost and crashed a hen party

Met Eddie, Holland's best accordion player

Caught a concert in the canals

Viewed the city from the Hilton Skylounge

Laughed all night

Found NEMO

(the science museum...not the fish)

Loved this spot

 Sat in a shoe

Got some windmills moving

 Ate some Vlaamse Frites (with holland mayo)

 Chilled with Anne Frank

 Hung out in Rembrandt's house

Sampled some cheese (2 year old Gouda YUM YUM)

 Enjoyed the canals at night

Had Dutch apples near the red light district

(I'm a gimmicky tourist like that)

And had an Amsterdam good time!

I DO NOT SMOKE

I understand you're European and you smoke. But, that doesn't mean I want to. Please be more considerate of my fresh air...especially if small children are around as well. Ugh.

(Yes, those are German gummy cigarettes.)

COMMUNITY TOWEL

It's one thing to hang a towel to dry your hands in your own house. 

But it's another to have one in a public bathroom.

I refuse to use European toilet community towels.

FOREST POND

William and I have a favorite place we like to ride to when staying in the forest to give the Czech grannies a break. First, we stop for ice cream and Powerade. Ahem. Then we ride our bikes to this spot.

Park our bikes

Enjoy the playground a little bit

Then we walk on the path

 where we spot tiny lizards along the way

and flowers

Finally, we reach this spot:

 where we watch the ducks

It makes me laugh every time when they stick their head in the water and butt in the air

EVERY TIME. Crazy ducks.

I LIKE MEN WITH NICE MUSCLES

It's late and this might seem inappropriate, but here it goes.

 Olympic and more handsomely (go with it) Olympic athlete Ryan Lochte fever has been abounding on my internet news sites.  His name, photo, and super charming smile* are all over the place. 

Sure, I'd love to eat ice cream off his incredible abs, but I don't personally know the guy.**

 This brings me to my main point...why the heck do I NOT know guys like this?!

I like men with nice muscles.

If you know any or are one, please contact me for a lunch date.***

I guess that's my post about the London Olympics.
Congratulations Team USA!

*sans grill.

**I promise I'm not as creepy as this post might make me sound.

***or possibly some ice cream.

BIRTHDAY

I was able to sneak out of the forest to go to Prague for a day of birthday recharge from my Czech family (after we sipped children's champagne together, of course).

Stop#1 massage

#2 salon

new cut and color

#3 broken iPod replaced with iPhone 4S

(It went swimming in Sardinia last month)

( I was so excited I had to hug the saleswoman)

#4 crashed a James Bond birthday celebration

#5 dinner at Kogo & off to O'Che's Bar for a virgin mojito

 It was Ellen's birthday too!

 He danced for me

and then I danced for everyone else

and I was able to get a peek of my favorite spot in Prague

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

NEW FAVORITE TOILET

The food isn't the best at the James Dean diner in Prague, but the atmosphere is sure fun.

And I may or may not have gone into the mens bathroom just to check out this toilet. Fantastic, isn't it?! 

ARE BOYS JUST BORN RIDICULOUS?

...or is it just him?

Somehow everything ends up between his legs...

 water balloon

 DVD

 golf clubs

 even the styrofoam airplane

From most of the guys I know, I'm not sure if they EVER outgrow this...