07/08 JUL - Pulled over ... again (Day 30/31)
The last two days would be very boring to explain. After I checked out of the hotel in Frankfurt, I spent a couple of hours in the lobby updating the blog. I had paid for 24 hours so I was going to do all that I could. I hope that you enjoyed the updates. After that I drove to Amsterdam.
There is nothing exciting to explain about the drive to Amsterdam except for one thing. Just as I passed the border, I got pulled over ... again. Luckily, I wasn't speeding. It was apparent from the traffic that the speed limit was enforced in the Netherlands. I noticed that there were two motorcycle cops on the side of the road. As I passed them, I knew I was in trouble when I saw one of them start up his motorcycle. I knew he was after me. Sure enough, I saw the flashing sign "VOLGEN". Lucky for me it was just border patrol and they were doing random checks. Of course, they pulled ME over because they didn't recognize the plates. All they did was check my passport. If I had had someone with me, I would asked them to take a picture but, alas, I was alone.
I got lucky in finding the hotel. Unlike most old German cities, I was able to drive right to the hotel with no problems. I parked the car in the lot and parked myself in the hotel.
The only thing I did the first 2 days was go on a canal tour of Amsterdam. It was nice since I was able to get my bearings in the city. Couple of interesting facts for you about A'dam. The city is build on the river Amstel hence the name of the dam. There are over 1000 bridges and 100 km of canals. If you looked at a map of A'dam, you might almost think that the canals are the streets. Actually, most of the streets run perpendicular to the canals since the roads have to cross the bridges.
Tomorrow, I am planning on doing a little more tourist kind of things.
Poised and ready to rock in A'dam.
Knuckles
There is nothing exciting to explain about the drive to Amsterdam except for one thing. Just as I passed the border, I got pulled over ... again. Luckily, I wasn't speeding. It was apparent from the traffic that the speed limit was enforced in the Netherlands. I noticed that there were two motorcycle cops on the side of the road. As I passed them, I knew I was in trouble when I saw one of them start up his motorcycle. I knew he was after me. Sure enough, I saw the flashing sign "VOLGEN". Lucky for me it was just border patrol and they were doing random checks. Of course, they pulled ME over because they didn't recognize the plates. All they did was check my passport. If I had had someone with me, I would asked them to take a picture but, alas, I was alone.
I got lucky in finding the hotel. Unlike most old German cities, I was able to drive right to the hotel with no problems. I parked the car in the lot and parked myself in the hotel.
The only thing I did the first 2 days was go on a canal tour of Amsterdam. It was nice since I was able to get my bearings in the city. Couple of interesting facts for you about A'dam. The city is build on the river Amstel hence the name of the dam. There are over 1000 bridges and 100 km of canals. If you looked at a map of A'dam, you might almost think that the canals are the streets. Actually, most of the streets run perpendicular to the canals since the roads have to cross the bridges.
Tomorrow, I am planning on doing a little more tourist kind of things.
Poised and ready to rock in A'dam.
Knuckles
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