For The Last Time

Once again, these are some Amsterdam pics, but the last ones to show you. I randomly heard of the label "River Island" (since there´s no "River Island" around here or at least I don´t know about it) so I was eager to eventually getting the chance to check out this brand. Among other small purchases, I took this brown bag along with me that I decided to use at once. Really digging the color though! As you can see in the pictures, the weather was pretty mediocre which I did not really expect thus I packed my trolley rather for sunny weather. I know I should have checked the weather forecast - and usually I do before packing but I don´t know what got into me this time. Anyways, my outfit looks pretty cobbled together thanks to my ample choice in my suitcase :-D Nevertheless, I hope you like it respectively the photos!

The Small Prints

A little tardy, but as I already mentioned here´s the photos of our second day in Amsterdam. We just walked around enjoying ourselves being at this place. I have to admit, we were a bit haphazard because our arrival was anything than neat. We booked the hotel on the internet and received the reservation as well as the booking code by e-mail. So far, so good. When we arrived in Amsterdam, it was raining like hell. So we were glad when we finally found the hotel. While checking in, the receptionist asked for the code that was required to get the room for the booked rate. As you can imagine, she meant neither the booking code nor the reservation code! No, she asked for some other damn code that we never received! So annoying... then she offered us another excessive rate that we refused to take. So what´s the end of the story: We had to drive around in this rainy and crowded city (because the "Gay Pride" fest took place at that time that we didn´t know about) just to experience that no S I N G L E hotel in the city had one free room left! Irritated and really fed up, we eventually got one room at the airport. Luckily, we did this trip by car so it was no problem to get to the city...  And to make a long story short:

Never forget to read THE SMALL PRINTS!

  

With this in mind, have a fun weekend everybody! I am sure I will... :-D

Traveling against Routine

Some beat is sounding.. I recognize it is the beginning of Alicia Key´s and Jay-Z´s song "Empire State of Mind".. lovin´it!.. but coincidentally it is my alarm that´s ringing.. so lucky there´s this snooze.. this is giving me another 30 minutes of restless sleep.. finally tantalizing myself to get up.. ´cause time´s becoming scarce.. getting ready.. what am I supposed to wear???.. continuing to getting ready.. having a fast espresso.. hurrying to office.. working........... leaving work for the day.. having dinner or something like that.. relaxing on the couch.. watching tv.. surfing through the web.. and time´s rushing to get ready for bed.. ´cause: some beat is sounding.. I recognize.. all that´s left to say is "Hey Routine! Why can´t you just stay out of my life?!?!".. feeling like I have to escape from this.. so what could be more relieving than going on a trip!?!

Well, you guys, that´s exactly what we did! We left for Amsterdam - not least because of our second Wedding day. Let these pics speak for themselves!

 Cycle-friendly but not pedestrian-friendly!

Well, those were the photos from only the first day. More pics about to come! 

Hope you got some nice plans for the weekend - enjoy yourselves!