My last post on this trip...it has been long and I am missing my family, friends and kitty. As I sit in Amsterdam on Beulingstraat just around the corner from KoningsPlein and the flower market I feel very lucky. First of all to have such good friends and family and to have had the opportunity to travel to so many different parts of the planet. But to sum it all up - click your heels Dorothy - 'There's No Place Like Home'.
I can't buy any more stuff as my bags are bordering on over-weight so I will have to be focused on marketing and managing sales of jewellery when I get home. Not my favourite thing to do but I do like the creative part so that will just have to be done. I will send my Etsy link when I have anything to view.
Today kind of brought closure to the trip. Wandering around the Kelverstraat on my way to the Hema - ok don;t laugh I know it is an in-joke at home.....these two red-faced, icy cold women around 60 stopped me and asked me if I spoke English. I admitted to that fact and was asked "where the malls were" in a rather nasal, demanding tone very reminiscent of my original home town. The word "love" was not added so I could only assume that these two elderly Scousers (both wearing 'Amsterdam' toques with earflaps) were frozen and in need of immediate warmth. I quickly mentioned the Bijenkorf (big department store) was nearby but if a cup of tea was needed then the Hema was the place to go. They thanked me and quickly scurried off. At least they didnt ask me where they could get English beer.....hahaha
Just goes to show that you can take the Scouser out of the 'Pool but you can't take the 'Pool out of the Scouser.....anyway it sort of came full circle.
Off to meet up with my friend (amie) Christelle tonight for dinner in a small Belgian restaurant she knows. We only meet in the groovy of the world...St Petersburg, New York and now Amsterdam......goodbye until next blog.
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