Re: [CH] My first CH-meeting
Love2Troll (Love2Troll@kc.rr.com)
Wed, 14 Nov 2001 18:05:31 -0600
>>We walked around some more and went to the red light district.<<
Miss Dewi,
Thanks for sharing details of your visit with us. Brought back memories of my visit to A'dam. As an avid photographer at the time, I took many pix while there. Unfortunately, most of my photos were stolen when I flew back to the states. Only pictures left are my "culls" and a very few good ones. The "ladies" were behind picture windows and men would "window shop". If I recall correctly, the posted price was 16 guilders with & 20 guilders without. Incredibly beautiful women. Will search through my stuff & see if I can find any pictures & will post them. (and no, I didn't) LOL!
I discovered a billiards table in a bar just off Canal (sp?) Street & played a game with the then current Holland national champion while there. Very surprised, as it was the only such table that I had seen in Europe. I learned 3 cushion billiards as a young teenager and was a pretty good player at the time. He played only 1 cushion. (wimp) I broke and ran 17. He then ran 50 and out. Ouch!
The only hot foods that I found during my one year stint in Europe were the Indian curry dishes in London & the shaslik (sp?) in Germany. Just wonderful! Being of Norse descent growing up in Minnesota, I had never had hot foods before. Am still a fan. LOL
JohnT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Emile & Dewi" <e.steenbrink@worldonline.nl>
To: "Chile Heads" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 3:02 AM
Subject: [CH] My first CH-meeting
> Hi Podpeople,
>
> Yes, it happened! I had my very first CH meeting on saturday. Russ and
> Andrea flew over from PA to visit me for a few hours in Amsterdam. Since I
> wasn't too familiar with the city I asked my brother to come along since
> Emile was still in PA.
>
> We met at Amsterdam Centraal, the train station. We were all excited to meet
> eachother and we just started talking and never stopped! They brought me a
> bunch of cool stuff I missed like Hamburger Helper and Velveeta shells and
> cheese but the best item was most defenitely the welcoming mat with red and
> green chiles! It is awesome!!! I bought them some sauces and some things for
> the baby which I think they liked.
>
> We walked around A'dam and looked at some of the buildings and stores and we
> even passed a carnival. They were amazed by one of the attractions. It was
> like a reversed bungee in a round chairlike seat. But we walked on and got
> some Subway.
>
> We had dinner at my brothers favorite restaurant Margaritas. Andrea had a
> quesadilla, Russell had a Arawak pepper pot, I had a dish called jam session
> and my brother had something I can't pronounce. But the Arawak pepper pot
> was so great tasting. Nice spicy taste but not too hot. Same with my Jam
> session which is a mix of meat and seafood in a gorgeous gravy. If anyone
> has a recipe for the pepper pot I'd feel much obliged.
>
> We walked around some more and went to the red light district. After a while
> I think we all got tired but since Andrea is pregnant she was probably more
> tired than any of us. So we walked back to the train station. We had some
> silly pictures taken in one of those photo booths. They're funny.
>
> So we made sure they got on the train alright and went our seperate ways. I
> just want to say that it was mucho fun meeting you guys and I appreciate the
> things you've done. Thanks and we'll see you again someday soon!
>
> Miss Dewi
>
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