Amsterdam 2024 – Day 1

Flew into AMS with United business class (50K points + $600). Also, seems like iPad holder could fit a large iPad Pro.

Checked into Park Centraal Hotel. Conveniently located near one of the ADE venues Melkweg, and also just close to high end shops in general (ie Rimowa… which I mention specifically because a friend’s wheel broke off during they’re travel to AMS and they got it fixed).

After checking in, we walked around a bit to grab some liquor and water. Then we Ubered to a pop up ADE set where Oliver Heldens and Eli Brown played a b2b. It was located at a store called Glamcult. They even have free beer and Redbull! Only complaint was that it was really hot.

After, we had dinner at a place called Momo. Details can be found here (only slight annoying? thing is that some girl named Nina was very insistent on hanging out):

Momo (Amsterdam)

We then got ready for a night at Melkweg where we mainly saw Oliver Heldens. The venue had a main room and a side room. We were there for around 4 hours.

First Night in Miami

We landed in FFL at 5:30pm (and arrived at the gate at 6pm. Jet blue overall was a good flight experience with the their unlimited snacks, free bottled water, and slightly over priced, but really good turkey sandwich. However, actually leaving SFO took a while, and reaching the gate was bad. Sam’s flight left 30 minutes later than ours, but ubered out of FFL before us).

From FFL, it took about 60 minutes to reach Four Point hotel. On the way to the hotel, the “Welcome to Miami Beach” sign was pretty cool to see on highway 195.

At the hotel, they didn’t honour the adjoining rooms request.

We went to Bird and Bone for Dinner. I got their “Hot Chicken” dish and strawberry smash drink.

After, we stopped by Walgreens to get some supplies. Unfortunately they did not have hard liquor.

At 10:00pm, we headed to SOHO Studios for Heldeep vs Monstercat. The venue was definitely a very rave atmosphere. They sold some rave gear, but it was over priced.

Between all the DJs that played, Sunburn and Oliver Helden were the best.

We went back to the hotel at 2pm, and ordered and artichoke pizza from Artichoke Pizza place.