When you share certain basic cultural understandings, language becomes easier to "figure out". For example I saw a sign with a cat and it said something in Dutch like vismissin - and I knew what the sign said, even though I didn't understand the language. Similarly, when I saw signs on the bike trail that said, "Let op! Drempel's" with a picture of a little hump, and I could see the hump ahead on the trail, I understood what the words meant. Now if I only understood people when they spoke as easily.
Young guys between a certain age - maybe 17-23 or so, no matter where they are from, do interesting things with their hair.
The red light district raises questions for me, in particular, if women were given a choice, if they had other economic opportunities, would they still turn to prostitution?
The most common thing probably said between tourists in Amsterdam is "Where are we?"
The second most common thing tourists probably say to each other is "Watch the bike!"
The seagulls in the morning make incredible sounds. I think it them fighting over the garbage of the bags they've ripped open.
I think it's the girl's turn to sing this week. The guys were going around singing last week. What the puck?
A city can have too many bikes.
Really large groups of tourists really confuse me.
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