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Amsterdam 2024 – Day 5 and Day 6

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Start of day 5 we started off visiting a jewelry store close by the hotel to find a replacement necklace. Then went to Grand Cafe Lido for dinner. Details here:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2024/10/21/lido/

After, tried the casino next door, Holland Casino, for a quick game of blackjack. Europe has two different rules from North America. First is that you can only double your bet on 9, 10 or 11. Second you are allowed to play or “invest” on someone else’s hand.

After the casino, started and ended the night early at Gashouder, where we saw Camelphat, Stephan Bodsen (great visual) and Maceo Plex. Will say watching from the bleachers at Gashouder was a great idea for the visuals.

We did may one put stop at McDonalds before ending the night.

Next day, checked out of Park Centraal hotel and flew out of AMS.

Amsterdam 2024 – Day 2

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Started the second day walking towards the inner central part of Amsterdam (as that’s where we were meeting a group for dinner. Stopped by a stroopwafels store and got an Oreo sprinkled one (a bit ok rich for me. Also stopped by two Cafe bars along the way to just get some Aperol Spritz’s. Also strolled around the Red Light district (couldn’t find the g version of it though).

Also stopped by a cheese store (didn’t know that Gouda was big there).

While we were walking around, they were filming a sequel to a 1988 movie, Amsterdamned. Gonna check it out.

We eventually arrived at the place we were meeting people for food called China Sichuan Restaurant – Zeedijk. Details can be found here:

China Sichuan Restaurant – Zeedijk

On the walk back to our hotel, we then went to a local bar for 30 minutes that had an ADE event. The DJ that was playing was Jasper Pol.

After, it was time for the main part of the night, going to the Techno Temple of the world, Gashouder, where Awakenings was happening. The main DJ that night was Adam Beyer. (Some notes about Gashouder is that they use a token system for drinks, they don’t serve whisky, security is pat downs, you should try out the bleachers for good lighting visuals, and necklaces can get stolen from you). We were the for around 6 hours.