Mission to Rotterdam

Today Emile and me missioned it to Rotterdam. A city to the southeast of Den Haag. Immediately after getting off the train we noticed the difference between there and the place we're staying at. The city, which was rebuilt after being given the bash during the war is pretty much a new city. It's always nice wandering around the city aimlessly with neither rhyme nor reason since you can come across some pretty nice places by surprise.

We did the touristy thing up the Eurotower which had a cheesy beetles tune in the background while it rotated around as it ascended up Rotterdam's tallest building. There were a couple of nice older buildings, but the main attraction as far as buildings go are the new wierd architectures that the Dutch have come up with. I'll put some images up in the next day or so. Emile liked it as much as Amsterdam, and to have been interested in donning the spandex and doing some cycle courier income.

One thing I'm loving about this place here are the Turkish Pizzas. Living in one of the cheaper socio-economic neighbourhoods, you get to experience plenty of ethnic kai, and one of which are the turkish foods. The kebabs are pretty standard, but the pizzas are pretty cool. For 1.50 euro (double for NZD) you can get a piece of pita bread with mincey stuff, sauce, onion, lettuice, and tomato and wrapped up for some serious power devouring.

Tomorrow is off to student-ville in Utrecht, then spending the next two nights in Amsterdam.

I'll leave Xavier (Emile's buddy who stayed with him in NZ for a bit) battling away with his bow-tie starting at 6am tomorrow for a bit of a sleep-in.