Preamble
My dear Moonlings myself and Le’Boo went on a trip to Amsterdam in January. It was truly magical despite the bitter cold. I made a YouTube video of the trip which I have linked below. However, I will bring you through some of the other stuff we did too which I didn’t have footage of.
The reason we went was to surprise a friend for her birthday so that was thrilling. We also got to go to Amsterdam and it was the first time for both of us although.
Thursday
So we left Ireland early enough and went on planes, trains, and automobiles which you can see here. Of course, Le’Boo is excellent at posing for photos.
We came across gems like this throughout the city. It’s a water fountain that changes colour when you put your bottle underneath it. Also, the city was covered in bicycles. Everyone seemed to cycle, from the very young to the very old.

We also snuck along to the red light district to see what was happening there and it was… interesting. We saw a guy getting directions from a scantily clad lady, and it was the funniest thing.
“Yes, you go down the road, turn left, then left again.”
He wasn’t concentrating very well on her directions.
Friday
My dreams came true on Friday. We were able to get tickets to the Van Gogh museum. We weren’t allowed to take photos inside, but I didn’t care. I got to see his paintings in person, the letters to his brother Theo, and even modern art inspired by his body of work.
This is my favourite Van Gogh and I got to see it in person. I stared at it for ages, (Le’Boo is very patient). It was a wonderful experience and I would recommend the museum it to everyone.
We went on a canal boat ride too and that was really cool, which is documented better in the video. It was really cool it brought you on a circuit of the city, which meant we got to go out through the port.

Saturday
We got up a little later and headed straight for a pancake house Le’Boo had espied with his little eyes. It was built around an old carousel. Isn’t this enthralling!?
Then we wandered around, had a drink in a Lagunitas bar. The bartender was so nice, I wanted to buy one of their Lagunitas glasses and he just gave it to me. We ended walking along the canals before catching our bus to the airport.
So if you have any further interest in this please feel free to check out my video below, and maybe give it a like. Subscribe if you are interested, perhaps leave a comment. Anyways until my next adventure or a previous which can be found here! Or perhaps I will upload retroactively. Would you be interested in previous Jaycee adventures from the archives? My hair will be very different. If so leave me a comment. Ok. Thank you Moonlings, bye!!!
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https://thinkingmoon.com/2018/10/05/denmark-an-adventure/
Looks awesome! Iβve only been to Germany..
Love the green lipstick ππ»ππ»ππ»
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Thank you so much! It was a gift from my mother in law and it’s one of my favourite colours. Germany is really cool too, I haven’t been since I was 14 when I was on exchange from school. π
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I fell in love with Munich! Stuttgart wasnβt bad either!
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I was in Dusseldorf and a small village outside of it. The old cathedrals in Dusseldorf where so beautiful!
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Iβve also spent a little time in Romania. I could hike that whole country and take pictures!
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I tend to have a thing for lipstick colors outside the norm… my wife will never be so daring to wear those colors but I can dream, right?
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Haha maybe get her some as a gift and see what happens. He might fall in love with them they’re Jeffree Star liquid lipstick and they are so nice to wear. I just got two more this week actually in neon blue and military
green.
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Military green.. π€ very interesting!
Iβm a sucker for pink and here lately Iβve taken a liking to black.
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There is a really lovely black colour offered by that company called ‘Weirdo’ but they have some gorgeous pinks as well!
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You piqued my interest!
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I don’t have it myself but their other dark colours work really well.
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Here is the link to the website:
https://jeffreestarcosmetics.com/collections/velour-liquid-lipstick
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Awesome!! Thank ya Jaycee!
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This is funny talking to a guy about lipsticks! Fair play to you, your wife is lucky. π
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Might seem weird yes.. but I thoroughly enjoy talking about these things. I learn stuff and then I can go impress my wife π
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Excellent. She will be pleasantly surprised!
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Cool pics and looks like you had a brill time. Been twice to Amsterdam and would love to go again for sure. Next time some cycling in and out of the city. I love cycling and you’re right – bikes everywhere! Probably the most bike-friendly city on the planet.
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It’s so well organised for cyclists. I’m nervous about cycling (Ireland’s not particularly safe for cyclists) but I would happily cycle in Amsterdam. π
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A bunch of us had a week’s cycling in Ireland, Cork to Kerry coastal and back again inland. It was amazing, a good and scenic ride, though this was in the late 90s so probably traffic was a bit quieter then?
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For sure. The traffic now has reached epic proportions. In fairness it still might not be so bad on those roads but Dublin city centre is hazardous. Did you enjoy the trip?π
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Fantastic trip thanks. I fell in love with Cork. Been to Dublin twice. We played a gig there too in my UK band days. Kerry was lovely. And Wexford was the other place I visited, but it was chucking it down that day so didn’t see much apart from the inside of shops and pubs to stay keep dry π
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Cool did you enjoy playing here most bands love Irish crowds.
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It was brilliant. It was a Jeff Buckley Tribute gig, with a fair few acts playing that night – all Buckley covers.
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Man Jeff Buckley was an astounding talent. That would have been a sight to see. What part were you?
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Drums. There was a host of different bands and solo artists that night doing the covers. Each band/artist was allowed up to five songs to perform. Such a brilliant gig.
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Really cool. π
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Sounds like you had an awesome time, I’ve always wanted to go to Amsterdam π
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It was really beautiful, and you don’t need to be smoking the wacky stuff to enjoy it. Like I said the museums are amazing, pancake and waffle houses, and the canals. π
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This is wonderful, itβs such a great place.
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Thanks so much for reading. π
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Amsterdam adventure , Thursday , Friday , Saturday ,,, full details good Article , nice , I like it ,,, Thinking moOn , wishing u have a good happy future life π
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I wish you have a happy future too!
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This time I saw the adventure first and read about it later.
I would say awesome. π
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Thank you for your support!
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