Feeling Liberal? Move to Amsterdam!

If you have ever considered yourself liberal, a free spirit, or one that doesn't like to follow rules, Amsterdam is a great place for you! Why? Because they don't have any!

Honestly, I don't even know if Amsterdam has a police force because you can do just about anything there. Not only are the 'softer' drugs legal (weed and mushrooms) but you can buy them in practically any coffee shop in town. In fact, people spend their days lounging on patios smoking big Jays or eating Marijuana Muffins and watching people go by.

This is also the hometown of the ever famous 'Red Light District', which means that prostitution is legal. There is a nicely laid out little area downtown where the girls (some of which could work as models while others you wish you could erase from your mind) actually display themselves in windows in the streets.

You almost feel like you're window shopping for a puppy or some clothes while walking through these little alleys. In case you ever find yourself in this area of town, I'll give you a tip: the red lights on the windows means its a girl. The red and purple lights together mean she used to be a guy but is now a girl, and the purple lights by themselves mean it's still a guy and if you aren't interested in trannies, I would avoid these ones.

I would have loved to have taken some photos but the girls are well protected and the bouncers wouldn't think twice about smashing my camera on the street and giving me a nice new shiner. I guess you'll just have to go see it in person if this sounds interesting to you.

Finally, we were able to go to a crazy festival and outdoor free rock concert in order to help the Dutch celebrate their Remembrance Day. I have never seen such an accumulation of strange looking people in my life.

Ok, aside from the many punks, emos and goths, there were also hippies, huge amounts of gay couples (mostly women) and tini-boppers expressing themselves through their piercings and 80's fashion comebacks. There were also many obvious tourist loving every minute of it.

Why do I say 'obvious tourists'? They were either wearing very normal clothes, wildly flashing their cameras at everything they laid their eyes on, or were the ones having a bad drug trip because they had no idea what they were getting themselves into.

What was my overall rating of Amsterdam? Though a little dirty in parts and quite crazy in general, I would say it's a must do for anyone who believes in freedom of expression or you just like to see weird things.

Personally, I liked it though it will be a LONG time before I ever go back (if ever). I think I need the rest of my life to recover...