Italian restaurant, Turkish quarter, Amsterdam.

Yeup we're going for the cosmopolitan mix.  I'm back in Amsterdam, managed to meet up with Sophie at the train station and even make it to the hostel without getting lost.  Our hostel is way out in the suburbs, but that suits us just fine.  Even being in Amsterdam the party centre of the world isn't encouraging us to go and join the fray, sleep is far more appealing.  The area we're in seems to be the centre of the Turkish area.  We stand out here more than any where else we've been.  Theres an endless supply of 'Dutch style' eatery places.  I treated Sophie to the typical Dutch food of double fried chips and mayo for lunch.  Not sure what she thought of it, but you've got to indulge in these things you know.  Much to my delight right across from our hostel (/hotel this place can't really decide what it is) is a market.  I found my self a gawdy but great ring. 

We've just been joined by our room mates, I knew it was too much to hope that we'd have the room to ourselves, but at least its only a four bed room.  They're 30+ year old English guys, in Amsterdam for the weekend, hilariously stereotypical low brow accents.  Thankfully for us they've gone for 'a beer'.  Let's hope they don't role back in here till 2 am when we're well asleep. 

My afternoon in partyville has involved wandering around the neighbourhood waiting for check in time, reading, and now I'm watching Castle with Dutch subtitles.  Perfect night.  Well perfect for me, being a little sick, very sleepy and having a full day of touristing tomorrow.  Tomorrow will be spent wandering around Amsterdam seeing the Anne Frank museum, maybe the red light district, because we should probably see it, and whatever else we come across in our wandering. 

Oh so the Italian restaurant.  We went out to find dinner tonight, and having already done the fries thing didn't want to do that again.  We found a couple of places, but ended up at a cheap but nice Italian restaurant just around the corner.  Eating in an Italian restaurant, in a Turkish area in the Netherlands delighted me so much.

...yea I may be blogging to much, nothing else interesting to fill you in on.