Amsterdam, The Netherlands – 2007
In 2006 I took a trip with my friend Sondra to visit her family in Bremen, Germany. From there we went on some excursions like this one, to the Amsterdam, an unknown but up-and-coming city in the Netherlands.
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- The sleepy ride to Amsterdam from Bremen. A nice little daytrip, thanks Paul for driving!
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- Except for the letter “e”, Dutch graffiti artists typically prefer using letters near the end of the alphabet.
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- Some guy riding a tractor, probably just farming potatoes as a way of life. Sounds quaint until you realize this guy probably doesn’t know what WIFI is.
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- Being in traffic internationally is much more rewarding than traffic at home! European traffic is…how do I say this…so refined.
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- I realize more and more that I’m captivated by things like traffic lights and striped utility poles instead of meaningful tourist attractions…
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- OMG…how European can you get?? Stop bragging, lady.
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- Welkom to Amsterdam!! Enjoy your quirky stay!
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- Nice shot of all of my bicycles. I collect them as a criminal activity.
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- This guy digging through garbage kind of has a similar fashion sense as me.
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- Sorry, we’re clever! I didn’t go in this place because tacking on the suffix “ism” to a word really bothers me. Also, the font on their signs looks like Comic Sans.
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- I’ve got a thing for really steep stairs. Maybe it’s because if you fall down them you might get lucky enough to die.
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- Oh no! I left my bike on the street for 10 minutes while I went to buy some new clogs…look what happened!
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- I get nervous in such cosmopolitan places. Well, I used to, now I just feel slightly anxious. But, somehow my perpetual out-of-placeness feels more acceptable to me when I am not in my homeland.
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- Madame Tussaud’s Who Cares Because I Didn’t Go In Museum. I didn’t get hot dogs either. I don’t do ANYTHING when I travel. What a lamer.
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- That’s enough proof for me…
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- This policeman speeds away from a taxi driver who was about to make a citizen’s arrest…all because…COPS DO DRUGS!
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- Sometimes I think in a past life I was a thief or spy, mostly because I like street photography and the occasional action movie.
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- While you were sleeping your car got pregnant and was towed.
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- The line to get in some dead Jewish girl’s surrogate house. …I’m not that cultural.
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- A couple sits and acts romantic outside of the Anne Frank House. They briefly thought of history, imagined what it would be like if they were capable of profound feelings, then resumed taking the standard photos to show their friends back home.
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- Do you like our neutral, non-threatening color scheme? We’re Dutch!!
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- Classic rainy day in a foreign country, feeling cozy and thankful I’m operating in survival mode.
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- Hey guys, you need anything…I’m thinking of stopping by the PORNO SUPERMARKET?
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- Sondra’s dad (green coat) turning down a male prostitute and cocaine. I also rejected a male prostitute but only because I wanted to feel powerful.
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- I went down this street because I thought they sold Christmas decorations…
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- I didn’t go in any coffee shops while I was in Amsterdam. I did, however, find that Amsterdam was the only place I visited in Europe that had Dr Pepper, to which I was addicted at the time. I’ve since become sober.
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- Another street photography example, résumé of my former lives though that’s all in my imagination. People will believe anything if it helps…
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- To me this is a magical castle, because I’m from America. For Europeans it’s just a train station or something.
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- Sometimes I feel like an artistic type of guy. In those moments, I think of moving to Europe, buying a cute little hat, sitting outside a café and occasionally smoking a fag.
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- Goodbye Amsterdam! We didn’t go through a whole lot together and I only knew you for three or so hours but you were memorable in the sense that you won’t be forgotten!
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