Trip day 7

After a short train ride, I'm checked in at the very nice StayOkay hostel in Rotterdam. The hostel has cafeteria, tv room with lots of comfy furniture, for 20 euro you get bed sheets and breakfast. Since arriving in Rotterdam, I went to the Euromast. The Euromast is a large observation tower overlooking the city and its huge port. From there I got quite a few good shots of this city, which is more North American looking than Amsterdam or Utrecht. By North American looking I mean it has large glass office buildings and wide boulevards with more traffic. Apparently Rotterdam is very international, with many of its residents being born elsewhere.

Last night I took the quick trip from Utrecht to Amsterdam to make sure I didn't miss anything there. Beside some more unreal beef shawarma, I think I saw all I needed. Getting back from Amsterdam at around 9PM I took a different route back to the hostel. On this route I discovered Utrecht's Red Light District. In about seven windows of a street no different than any other in the very residential area were seven scantly clad ladies watching their tvs. I can now declare Utrecht to be a much better spot to visit than Amsterdam. Utrecht is the real Netherlands, a student town with many beautiful canals, great shopping and all the distractions people travel to Amsterdam for; all without the filth and tourist shops on every corner.

I have a lot of media to dump but yet again the internet cafes here are very basic with access to the actual machine locked.

Paris tomorrow.