Tut tut, looks like rain

As said by Clegg: "In the Netherlands it either just finished raining , is raining, or is about to rain."

Right now it is raining. I found a nicer and cheaper internet cafe and voila! here I am. I got up early this morning (7:ooAM!!!) and got on the train to get to the Anne Frankhuis by the time it opens at 9, before the crowds. Of course I got lost and didn't get there until 9:25am. I didn't have that long of a wait though, maybe 12minutes. After that I wasn't sure what to do and was kind of in a holocost-museum-haze, so I started walking ("just keep swimming..."). If you're even in Amsterdam, and after visiting the Anne Frank museum, keep walking down Raadhuistratt and you'll run into a delightful little cafe called Bagel/Beans. I recommend the ham-cheese-tomato bagel and a chai latte. And after that, keep walking down the same street and you'll run into a little Christian bookstore. I bought a book by Corrie ten Boom (being in a WWII kind of funk) called "Tramp for the Lord." Isn't that a great title? I think I will like this book. I'm kind of a tramp (by which I mean the travelling vagabound kind of tramp) and I need to start doing it more for the Lord. As it was raining by this time, I just walked around until I found a good little cafe to read in. My dad gets in at 8pm tonight, so I told myself I'd stay out until at least 3pm. It's about 1:30pm now and I think I'm going to call it a day. I thought about wandering around the Jordaan district, but the rain is making me tired. Plus, I got an earlier start this morning.

Other Amsterdam recommends: Van Gogh Museum (duh), The American Bookstore Center on Spui Square, Spuistraat Street (but perhaps not with children. It's like Amsterdam in a nutshell and doesn't showcase the most moral of establishments), Dam Square, Amsterdam Historch Museum (don't pay to go it; just walk around the buildings. It's a nice break from the crowds), Nieuwendijk Street for shopping, and go check out the Red Light District if you so desire. It's not as creepy as you'd think (which I've decided isn't necessarly a good thing). Watch out for whips.