Day 46 - Berlin to Amsterdam

We got up at 7 and hurried to pack and get down to the train station to catch our lift to Amsterdam at 8:30. At the station we met this Aussie girl, Lisa, who was also heading to Amsterdam, adn good thing because we didn't realize that halfway there the train split up, and we weren't on the righ end of the train, so had it not been for her, i'm not sure where we would've ended up.

We got to Amsterdam at 3ish adn between Rob, Lisa, and this 18 year old Aussie kid, Will, we met on the train, we found our way to the hostel. We're staying at the World Famous Flying Pig Downtown. Possibly the most famous hostel in the world. The place is pretty awesome and different. A hippy's haven. Soon as you walk in you're at the reception/bar and you have to go through the bar to get to your room, so that's a huge problem as for getting anything productive done in any kind of timely fashion. Out front by the main windows there's a huge kinda floor area with pillows and low low tables for laying around in (Sign: No Shoes, No Sleeping, No Sex). The middle of the bar is full of a bunch of bar height tables and the bar itself and a small DJ stage in the corner. In the back was the pool table surrounded by chairs where we spent most of our time. There's also a bunch of couches, plasma TV, and a 'Happy Room' in the back.

The place is located right in the heart of the city adn right around the corner from the famous 'Red Light District'.

Great great hostel.