day 6 amsterdam - dublin

6 may 2009
woke up with ample time to pack up and get some pancakes for breakfast. went to a place with a discount for i amsterdam cardholders and got clog keychains when we left (which i didn't want so i left it there)

took our last "free" tram ride to centraal station, then another train to schiphol airport. for lunch, we finished off the prior days bread, meat and cheese and nusbaum dared me 5e to eat the remaining spinach in one mouthful. so i did...


some canadian guy watched this feat of greatness and gave me his last 1664 beer to wash it down. twas good :)

customs guy at schiphol gave me a hard time for not getting a "departure" stamp from paris in january. security checks in AMS also happen right at the departure gate, and we also were not told about the gate change for our flight.


in dublin, we caught the citybus into town instead of the airlink and saved about 10e between us all... equivalent to a meal of great self-made sandwiches from the supermarket!


in town, whilst the guys checked-in, i dealt with my watch battery, and had a nice conversation with the shop owner who hated dublin. how unfortunate. proceeded to try and find u2 at various pubs, but ended up at cassidy's.


tried calling emily, mom and dad, and dave and family and managed to speak to pa for a bit. he reminded me to be safe and that guinness is from dublin :)


went to bed quite early, probably still knackered from bulldog night and also febo cuisine.


other:
- friendliest customs guy in dublin... ever
- didn't pay for trip from airport to city centre
- realized that sneaking third person into days-inn would be impossible