Pretty tricky to get up out of our warm and comfy bed today! But we were on our way to Amsterdam! Had a big driving day ahead..in the late afternoon we stopped at a cheese and clog factory which was pretty cool..did some taste testing and watched a clog making demo then headed to our campsite..had 45mins to set up camp and get ready to head in to town! Caught the bus in and walked around a bit..awesome city! With it's meandering canals and quaint terraces..walked to the main square and WWII memorial and palace..then of course checked out the red light district..it really is another world! Pretty interesting..bunch of us went and had tea before meeting back up for the live sex show! A pretty bizarre show involving ribbon, candles, boob bitch slapping and a pretty interesting couple having sex on stage..an experience, to say the least :P headed to the club, did what you do in Amsterdam, walked around in circles in the main area then when 2 girls and myself realized we were really the only non-prostitute females around (it was about 2am) we headed home!
It took such a long time to get all the way back to the campsite last night that I only ended up getting about 3 hours sleep..up and in to town to bike around Amsterdam! The bikes were awesome and our tour guide very imformative..learnt that the essential law enforcement ideal was that 'if you can handle it and you're not hurting anyone then it's ok'..such a different city! We then went and had some delicious Dutch pancakes and strolled around the city..had half a brownie and went to the sex museum which was very interesting, had a bit of everything..when in Amsterdam! Walked around the church and palace for a bit then headed back to the campsite to get changed..freshened up then headed back in for our last dinner! At a Chinese restaurant..then some went on to the river cruise (we didn't pay for that extra) and we made our way to where we'd be meeting them..met up with the rest and had a dance but Elle and I were just a little pooped so headed back for the last night of camping..and of course, our tent and lilos were saturated from the rain :P
Packed up for the last time and bid farewell to a few people that weren't coming back to london with us..and off we went! We got to the port of Calais, France around lunch and bid farewell to our bus and driver..caught the ferry across to England, hopped on a random bus and arrived in London a couple of hours later..where mex was waiting to greet us :) a few of us went to tea then mex, Luke, Elle and I trekked across London to mex's mates house..nice to meet some of his friends :) Elle packed up her things to leave for Iceland the next day and we crashed on a mattress on the floor..sad that the tour is finished, it went so fast!
