Another last night in Amsterdam

I swear, by the end of this trip I'll have more "last nights in Ams" then anywhere else combined.

They're so great, I keep going back for more.

After our hardcore bicycle day, Monday way pretty chill. I don't think Lisa and I left the flat until 6:00pm. Whatever. It was an awesome and deserved day of rest. Tuesday was a day of studying for Lisa, reading and journalling for me, and an afternoon trip to the costume stores with Jenny where our Halloween plans were solidified. That night, Lis and I went to a sweet restaurant called Wagamama that made a mean fried rice.

Wednesday I awoke to the sounds of Jack the Pumpkin King. Well played, best friend. When Lisa was in school I had me a shopping day. Bought a new pink suitcase to load up with European treasures. Returned to Sascha and bought a fierce pair of boots. Bought a portable USB complete with dorky lanyard from Hema. Then I trekked all the way to Leidseplein so I could have Starbucks. I'm seriously obsessed. It was glorious though. No regrets.

That night Weesperstraat 47 hosted a killer Halloween party. Lisa and I went as birds, and managed to pull off some pretty wicked face makeup. We also had hilarious toucan beaks, wings, and feathers in our hair- which was held up with oodles of hairspray and back combing and some French braids. They were thrown together pretty late in the game, but our bird costumes turned out to be a great hit.

Rare Birds: Unique though two

#cray

It was a great party. Lisa and I spent most of our night with Frank and Jenny (rock star and old lady, respectively) and also with Sam and Jenny, who was dressed as Mia from pulp fiction. We had planned to go out, but since the party raged on until about 3am, we just rode that out and ended our night with drunken nachos in the kitchen.

Late in the game Thursday I stumbled across the discovery of a Museum of Bags and Purses right nearby Lisa's place. So obviously I went there. It was pretty cool seeing how purses have evolved from the 18th century on. My mum and Kirst would have loved it.

That evening, Lisa and I finally mastered the art of sober double-bike-riding, and made our way to Badcuyp Jazz Club for our farewell dinner. There was a guitar trio playing that night, and as soon as we got in he vicinity of the club and I could hear jazz creeping out the door I knew it was gonna be good. I seriously love live jazz music so much! It's one of my favourite things, I think.

We got a table near where the trip was playing, ordered a couple glasses of wine and toasted our wonderful time in Amsterdam together. We ordered an elaborate meal- well, for us. Fries, Falafel and olives to start, French Onion Soup for Lisa and Quiche for me, and a "hot vegetable plate" to share. Just before our food arrived we were joined by Crainy, Molly and Marco, and later Crainy's two friends visiting from Germany.

The music ended at around 10:30, with a sweet jazz rendition of an MJ song. Then Lisa and I biked back to Weesperflat and enjoyed our last night together. In the morning, we got up and made breakfast, and soon I was off for Paris!