JOINT JAUNTS

Hey--I'm in Amsterdam. Wow, what an experience. To wander the streets of Amsterdam and stop in at a coffee shop in a country where the prohibition against buying, growing, and consuming pot and hash are not enfored below 5 grams. It keeps the prices low and keeps the low life out of an area not responsible in and of itself for the fiasco happening in other places, like the States. Just as there is the red light district with available prostitutes, both men and women, doesn't mean I partook--but I could have, couldn't I.

What would it have been like to take the guy in the gorilla suit with the big penis up on his offer? I'll never know ... but I'll tell you all about it when I get back from Auz.

... along with other memories like visiting the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum, the Heineken Brouwery, the restaurant finds, everyone speaking English!!--incredible. And don't forget the Anne Frank Haus.

What a trip. You've gotta go.