Day 1 - Arrived feeling q little off colour, flying sometimes does that to me. Took me a while to find the Hotel & once there, a while to sort out, the easy, I thought, changes I was requesting.
Even though it was incredibly cold out & a little damp, I couldn't help myself, had to have a good look around. The city had it's Xnas lights on, of course, most streets had garlands every few meters overhead, very nice. Got fairly lost that first night walking around, but pretty much saw all of what this city was about, shopping, sex & drugs. The only thing missing from the classic line "Sex Drugs & Rock n Roll" was whqt I was reqlly their for.... Marrilion :-)
Day 2 - Had a good sleep & a really nice sleep in, so did more exploring in the dimness of what they call daylight here, the city definatly looks better at night though some of the old buildings had charm. Overall I find Amsterdam a bit seedy & dirty for my liking. Shock, horror ! too some I know that love this place, but after all the beauty I have seen & felt a part of this place just isn't doing it for me. First Marillion show tonight, can't wait ! Had q little snooze in the arvo then headed to the Paradiso for the show.
See the Marillion Stories for the show info.
Day 3 - Late to rise again, but made it to breakfast today :-) Wandered around, did some shopping & looked into cheap city tour options for tomorrow & check on trains to Brussels. Then off to Narillion sound check & meet the band around 4.00. Had enough time after that to pop back to the Hotel, drop off my freshly signed guitar, grab a bite, then head back to the venue again.
Day 4 - just made the tour before it headed out, learnt quite a bit about the history of Amsterdam, but did little to chqnge mt jaded opinon. Didn,t have time for my planned canal tour, but didn't really mind that much. Time to go to Belgium, which turned out to be quite a nice surprise....
