Monday in Amsterdam

I got up super early today to take care of business. My luggage. I'd google mapped a place about a half hour walk from my hostel. A FedEx. I was one cab ride away from being fully unloaded. 12 euro later I'm standing outside an empty building, much the same as the last freaking empty FedEx building I'd busted my chops to get to. How could this be? Another empty FedEx building?

I walked into a call center and asked the guy where the nearest shipping establishment would be. He google mapped. He made phone calls. The one place said they simply wouldn't ship personal items. That's what you get when your whole country does drugs. The second place said they'd send it. After I filled out a form and paid 300 euros. This suitcase is going with me to Innsbruck, Austria. My friend said I could leave it there if we could find a place to ship it. I'll be stopping in Zurich, Switzerland and I might be able to deal with it there.

I took the tram back to the hostel and ditched the bag in my room. I then walked 5 minutes to the train station and went to Keukenhof for the tulip festival!

It's actually rather cold today and it started raining when I got to the bus in Leiden. But it was really cool to see all the flowers in the rain. And it didn't rain that much. Half way through the day the sun came out and I dried off and things couldn't have been more pleasant.

I really wish I could have found a pen because it was the perfect place to sit and write or sketch. I ate a warm ham roll and a waffle with whipped cream. So delicious and so expensive.

I wonder if there's a place to go swing dancing in Amsterdam. I want to swing dance so badly.