Realizing how much music I lost last year does hurt.
Before I went to Canada I had tons, tons, tons of cd's, lp's, singles, now that I have been to the record fair I relaize how much I really had. I lost them all, Saf sold everything ...with my permision. I'm sure it would have take ages to get to a deal to ship my music, or better, I think we never would have come to a deal to ship my music. We both didn't had the money for it, and I was just okay with selling everything in Canada. I didn't want to deal with this situation anymore, I was done with it. It was aswell a relief to leave 'it all' behind me. But now, lol, now I realized again how much music I had. Anyway, I went to the record fair, and it was good, suppa good. I had a good day!
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| Choo choo, in the train! |
I took a train earlier, like always, ofcource. I walked towards the trainstation and when I got there it was crowded, suppa crowded. Akward though cause I sure was early, why are all these other people be up so early then? I got me a train ticket, (the full amount, grr!) and waited for the train. The train was already quit full when it came, and all the other people who were waiting had to get in the train aswell. What's going on? Are they all going to the record fair? I nearly couldn't find a place to sit in the train, finnaly I saw a little spot where I kinda could sit. An old lady told me that the most people in this train have a cheap day-ticket, the day-ticket what I couldn't get yesterday, cause they were sold out. Today was actually the last day for these special tickets, the lady told me.
The lady had one too, she bought the ticket in another store, there they sold the day-ticket for 14 Euro instead of 16 Euro. Rub it in, lady lol, rub it in. There I was in the train, I payed the full amount and I didn't even had a pleasant seat, lol. But anyway, I'm going to have a great day, I thought. The trip wasn't that long, I had to get out of the train twice, cause I had to switch between trains. I left this morning at 8:45 am and I arrived in Amsterdam at 10:40 am, that's a nice time. I walked with two other guys to the record fair where I spoke with before I switched with the last train. One guy was pretty excited to go to the fair, he kept talking about record fairs and his music, bless him, lol. Nice guy! It was akward to walk that route again to the fair, I have been here quit a few times in the past.
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| Records, records and records. |
But it's been aswell quit a while since I have been at this fair, being almost two years in Canada did really something with me. The fair wasn't that busy and I expected the hal would have been bigger, but it wasn't. The guy where I walked with wished me a happy fair and walked off, I thanked him and wished him well. I was looking for cd's for a change, otherwise I would have searched for vinyl, lp's and singles. But I don't have record players anymore, and I don't have plans to buy them either, there sooooo expensive. I don't have a cd player nor raido either but, radio/cd players arent that expensive. The cd searching went well, though there were so many lp's and singles, I really had to search for good and cheap cd's. Ofcource there were aswell expansive cd's but while searching I really saw some nice cd's for cheap aswell. I figured out that ten Euro for a cd was the most less cheapest.
I decided to buy cd's only under 6 Euro, but if I find a good cd above the 6 Euro it will have to be a GOOD cd, but I'm not going higher then 8 Euro. I saw cd's what I already had before I went to Canada and aswell oldies wich I never had, I bought quit a few. Here are some name's, The Beatles, Bryan Ferry, David Bowie, Nirvana, Talking Heads, Duran Duran, and a few more, I'm so excited and happy what I bought. And all that foor a good price, I had a good sum money left after I was done with buying, that sure gave a good feeling aswell. It still was early when I left the fair, 1:45 pm. I was fine with it, I walked on the fair for more then three hours. The fair wasn't that big, and I saw everything. I decided to walk in Amsterdam a little bit further, the fair was held in the west of Amsterdam and not in the centre.
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| A few of the billions bikes in Amsterdam! |
I haven't been that much in this part of Amsterdam, so, time to explore the west of Amsterdam. I noticed the many, many, many bikes across the street, my goodness, there were sooooo many! In many kind of shapes and colors the cycles were standing in racks or against a tree or just kris kross. I easily could fill a picture album if I took pictures of the bikes, could be an idea, right? I went trough a few streets and a park and went then back to the train station, 3:00 pm, I will be home at 4:30 pm , that's a nice time. I could have stayed longer but I was satisfied and tired. That's just me, lol, I'm satisfied pretty fast, lol. Ooh, I loved the train back, it was a German train and this time the train wasn't full at all. This German train has lots of space and has even a little bistro. One waitress came passing and asked if I wanted a coffee, lol, I passed.
The train went from Amsterdam to Almelo, I didn't have to switch between trains, I just could sit and relax and even have a nap. The journey back was so much better then the journey like this morning. I went trough my cd's what I bought, snacked on a apple and had a little nap. When I arrived in Almelo I went to the nearest snack shop for a quick small dinner. The meal I bought looked a bit like a McDonalds meal but it was way bigger, even though the price was almost the same. I had a huge kebab sandwich with veggies and sause, french fries, (quit alot) and a juice. I had the small meal, I could have ordered the medium or the large meal aswell. But when I saw the small meal, I saw it was more then enough. Then heading home for a well deserved portion of relaxing, I could hear the water kettle already. It's been a nice day!
