Joe's Koffe Talk

so far europe has been wonderful. it is truly a great adventure. yesterday it was the first day i felt like we were on vacation as we toured amsterdam which is a very, very interesting city. the red light district is not what i thought it would be. the dutch have so normalized prostitution that you see parents pushing their kids in strollers through the district. you see tourists eating in a pizza restaurant and right next door a woman in a glass booth attempting to entice men into it for sex. the dutch have done the same with marijuana. everyone smokes it...everyone. two nights ago ashley and i stayed in the Hotel Amigo a former 1/2 star hotel that they decided to place two sets of bunk beds in each room and call it a hostel. ashley and i were in two separate rooms (booking error on hotels.com's part). one of my roommates in my "trashy dorm" was Shawn who was from Austin, TX. Shawn had a redneck Texas accent and kind of looked like a hillbilly...short, beer belly, balding, and dressed goofy, yet a very non-threatening guy. based on first impressions i was guessing that shawn was not a crazy hippie...but when i got back in my room that evening i went to use the bathroom and shawn had spilled some of his bud or should we say "wacky tobaccy" in the sink. but that is not the funny part. we checked out of the hostel from hell early in the morning to go tour the city. after we got our morning coffee we ran into Shawn...acting as nice and goofy as he had when we first met him, yet still seeming like a total redneck from texas. we talked for a while and then decided to go our separate ways so we said "goodbye" and Shawn said "we'll, see you guys...i guess its time for tea and a bong hit". so funny!!
joe