BobDobalina Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Hay guys, You'd never mistake ol' Bob here for Generalissimo Banter, but I figured I'd hang this one up like flypaper and see what creatures of your collective wisdom land on it. Long story short, Mrs. Dob and I are moving back to America (Rhode Island) after two solid, action-packed years here in Dublin. In fact she already went back a month ago (for work) whilst I had to stick around to wrap up my Masters degree. So as a present for finishing my thesis (I just submitted this past Friday) she bought me a roundtrip ticket to Amsterdam for 5 days. So yeah, my wife is awesome. Which brings us to the crux, I've never taken a holiday anywhere by myself before. Any of you guys ever do this? What's been your approach to meeting people, socialising, etc.? I'm staying at what I understand to be a pretty decent/fun hostel, so I imagine there's will be opportunities to connect with some like-minded people there. And I've already been to Amsterdam thrice before, so apart from a few new-to-me coffeeshops I plan to check out I've got a pretty good handle on the city. Also, I plan on staying baked most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 red.light.district. that is all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Watch out for some Russian dude that points you in the direction of a hostel in Slovenia is all I'd say! "ahhhh. My face really hurts" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest idrn Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 that takes balls, 5 days is a lot. surely during the evening it'll be easy enough to make friends - maybe during the day bring a sketchpad and ask random mashed up people to draw you abstract concepts etc. could be a nice way to break the ice and engage in fun, interesting conversation. if done wrong though you might just seem like a nutter clawing for human contact (using a prop)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 find a hotel near a good coffeshop and just stay in there for 5 days getting totally fucked off your face on strong skunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsaicin Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 find a hotel near a good coffeshop and just stay in there for 5 days getting totally fucked off your face on strong skunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iep Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 yo mistadobdobalina stop by the cracked kettle and we'll share some pints and a spliff ask for ezra crackedkettle.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Rent a bike. Going riding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 Hey thanks for the tips guys, solid stuff. I'm not a huge extrovert so I'm already accounting for the down time, will be bringing plenty of reading material and musics with. And I plan to stay baked the entire time too, so even if I do nothing else it'll be all good. Rexy, red light district, after the wifey bought me the ticket there? Yous a stone cold mutha! (Not to say I won't look into your suggestion...) Biking, definitely. Happy cycling. No other way to do it. And iep I tried to send you a pm but it wouldn't go. Anyway I'll def stop by while I'm in town and we'll have ourselves some some good pints and a good smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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