Stayed 4 days in Holland.
It's a pretty weird city I have to say, having the name "low-land" but
full of super tall human sauntering around ; Buildings were all tilted
to an absurd degree, even the bell's ring from the big church wasn't on
tune ; full of exotic and fusion restaurants on the streets, opening
hours are almost all day long. (I've been living in Italy for a while,
usually the luxury of going out to eat whenever you like doesn't exist.)
Brunch is pretty in trend in Amsterdam, too. People can order
Benedict's eggs and smoked salmon until 6pm. The brunch concept isn't
really popular in Italy, after all these months I kinda forget how it
feels like to have a lazy Sunday brunch.
Sex and drugs related
items can be seen everywhere in the city. EVERYWHERE. To an exaggerated
degree. Marijuana can be added inside fried dishes, used as ingredient
to make cakes, mile shakes, chocolate bars, etc. Behind the display
window of sex shops lie numerous sex dolls posing all kinds of postures
and having different colors. The condom shop held artistic creative
tournament, which basically was about drawing on top of some stuffed
condoms.
The streets are fairly clean, most of the people speaks
fluent English, Dutch and French. These low landers seem to be friendly
usually, but I found they change their moods very fast, too. For example
if you go to a restaurant with a mind set of "People who pays is the
boss." then it's very possible you're gonna be tossed out of the shop
immediately. (Witnessed the event myself)
I've encountered many
interesting events in these few days, this drawing is my summary to the
trip. I'll share the complete stories with you when I finish writing the
article related to this pic.
I think the Dutch culture and
people are very interesting, many things that happen in Amsterdam seem
to be very paradoxical yet auxiliary in concepts. Staying only 4 days is
far from enough to make any smart and accurate observation, the only
thing I can do now is to make some buffoonery. If anyone who ever been
to, lived in Holland, or have some Dutch friends, please share and
discuss with me how you think about this place. ( For example, how
locals see their own city Amsterdam? Dutch people are actually friendly
or not?? )
