Hi All,
Amsterdam is a real hoot! Plenty to see and do!
We met this Canadian woman at dinner and chatted with her for a long time (I love chatting up people. Always making traveling friends :>)
Yesterday we walked around and explored the city and then took a candlelight wine and cheese tour of the cities canals. What a great way to see the city! I highly recommend it to anyone that will be traveling here. Another funny mishap happened...I was leaning to the middle of the table intent of taking a picture of something off the side of the boat when I heard a sizzle followed by burning haif haha I burnt some of my hair when I leaned to close to the candle. Oh Lord" as Douglas would say. haha You can always count on me to do something stupid! :)
After the boat tour we walked around the famous Red Light District and looked at all of the prositutes in the windows while the aroma of pot filled the streets. It was so funny hearing the comments from the young men...particularly young American men. Comments like "Dude, I'd like to do them all!"
Well, I hate to tell him, but I can spot a tranny at 20 paces and about 1/3 of those chicks had dicks. but I'll let him have his fantasy. A little exploration is always good. :)
Today, it has ben raining all day but we didn't let that stop us. We went to the Ann Frank House. How very interesting and depressing at the same time. I only read parts of the book when I was younger so I bought a special copy at the museum.
So sad she had to live like that only to be caught and die in a concentration camp.
After the Ann Frank House we hit the main shopping area...
Now, my suitcase is very full and very heavy. I fear it is over the weight limit to put on the plane. What can I do about it? Well, but something I can carry on that holds a lot of the heavy stuff. Yup that's right. After just bashing them I bought myself a man purse. But since I own it now, I'll refer to it as a shoulder bag. :) haha
Hey I need it for the plane. Will I carry it around town? Nah. Not for the fact that I still think it's girly (Hell, I always do my own thing anyway) but I just don't carry anything with me really. Just my wallet and cell phone.
My body is shutting down now from always being on the go. My clothes smell like smoke (and thats just from second hand smoke!). That's one thing I love about living in L.A. no icky smoke everywhere.
I suppose that's a post for another time, when I get back, but even though I loved this vacation, I have found a new love for L.A. and really can't see myself living anywhere else. We have it all back home! I will also go into how I am going to make some more minor changes in my life when I return.
I suspect this will be my last post until I am home in the arms of Dizzy, Doodle and close friends.
Take care all!
Love,
Eric
Friday, May 26, 2006
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Memorials
Spent the day hanging out in East Berlin mostly. Dogging the rain when it would hit suddenly.
At one point I felt like Superman...It was sunny and then suddenly, bam...rain and wind! I quickly ran behind a pillar, pulled out my umbrella from my bag and popped it open, stepped out from behind the pillar and walked passed the crowd of people all getting wet hehe
One thing I have to say ("What's that Eric, you only have ONE thing??? What a joyous day!!") is that I know of a lot of Jewish people that don#t want to come to Germany because of what happeneed in the past. All I have to say is that, they should. It would do them good.
These Germans are an amazing people. They have taken amazing steps to correct what happened in the past. There are so many jewish memorials here, it would probably take a whole vacation to see them all.
Today, I went to the site of the famopus book burning in BebelPlatz. They have this huge memorial (big stack of books) on the site with a glass window on the ground that looks into a silent room with empty bookcases...very sad. But then yxou raise your head and what do you see all around you??? A University and one of the best libraries in the world! Diversity and higher learning everywhere. Love it.
Anyways, it is near the end of the day here. All of this walking makes me tired! I#m gonna stop in the bar at the corner for a quick drink then call it a night. Tomorrow is just a day of light shopping then to bed early as I have to get up at like 3am for the rain to Amsterdam.
Tschuess Alles!
Eric
At one point I felt like Superman...It was sunny and then suddenly, bam...rain and wind! I quickly ran behind a pillar, pulled out my umbrella from my bag and popped it open, stepped out from behind the pillar and walked passed the crowd of people all getting wet hehe
One thing I have to say ("What's that Eric, you only have ONE thing??? What a joyous day!!") is that I know of a lot of Jewish people that don#t want to come to Germany because of what happeneed in the past. All I have to say is that, they should. It would do them good.
These Germans are an amazing people. They have taken amazing steps to correct what happened in the past. There are so many jewish memorials here, it would probably take a whole vacation to see them all.
Today, I went to the site of the famopus book burning in BebelPlatz. They have this huge memorial (big stack of books) on the site with a glass window on the ground that looks into a silent room with empty bookcases...very sad. But then yxou raise your head and what do you see all around you??? A University and one of the best libraries in the world! Diversity and higher learning everywhere. Love it.
Anyways, it is near the end of the day here. All of this walking makes me tired! I#m gonna stop in the bar at the corner for a quick drink then call it a night. Tomorrow is just a day of light shopping then to bed early as I have to get up at like 3am for the rain to Amsterdam.
Tschuess Alles!
Eric
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Just arrived in Berlin
Hi All!
We just arrived in Berlin, via train from Praha (Prague).
I had to pop in an internet cafe to reply to our hotel in Munich because I left my hairdryer there....oh no!! :)
They are going to ship it on.
Prague was wonderful! I ended up falling in love with the city and found myself wanting a few more days to explore the city...so many alley ways and shops :)
We took a ghost tour (Prague is known as the most haunted city in Europe). The tour was hockey but our tour guide reminded me of Catherine. She looked so much like her!
Late at night, we decided to check out another pub. It was called Pinnochio's. Well, we walked in and it was full o cute boys! We got our drinks (Redbull and Vodka remember...) and were soon approached by 2 very very cute boys. We sat for a while and had some drinks, they were in the Czech army even! Yum! BUT...
It turns out they were prostitutes and wanted to get it on. Sigh. We turned them down, but daaaang sometimes it sucks having morals! haha
They were also having a pot and drink party. I took a pic of the sign, maybe I'll post it when I get back.
They had a real awesome Astrological clock in the city square that I took a lot of pics of so Tess and I can go over it with a fine tooth comb! hehe
Yesterday, we took a 6 hour city tour. It was a lot of fun. We watched the changing of the guard at Praha Castle, went in the Cathedral, around Charles bridge etc.
THEN, it was time for the boat tour (sections of Praha have a small river that looks like Venice). We got on the boat and started the tour when all of a sudden, the electrical panel under the captain's wheel started to smoke and catch on fire. haha
I'm beginning to think we are bad luck...hahaha
Well, we switched boats and continued the tour which was great. We met some other people while touring and chatted them up all day. I swear, I am such a people person. I've talked to so many people on this trip.
So, now we are here in Berlin and just checking the place out before we eat, relax and then hit the pub at the corner. Mmm German Beer!
We are staying in a plaza called "Nollendorfplatz" for anyone that is curious.
Welp, more in a few days I suppose.
Man, my site has gotten a lot of hits from Germany and one from Prague (I hope it was the cute waiter from TGI Fridays) haha
Anyway, thanks for checking my blog guys! Feel free to comment or send me some email at eric@fallenstar.com
Peace and Love,
Eric
We just arrived in Berlin, via train from Praha (Prague).
I had to pop in an internet cafe to reply to our hotel in Munich because I left my hairdryer there....oh no!! :)
They are going to ship it on.
Prague was wonderful! I ended up falling in love with the city and found myself wanting a few more days to explore the city...so many alley ways and shops :)
We took a ghost tour (Prague is known as the most haunted city in Europe). The tour was hockey but our tour guide reminded me of Catherine. She looked so much like her!
Late at night, we decided to check out another pub. It was called Pinnochio's. Well, we walked in and it was full o cute boys! We got our drinks (Redbull and Vodka remember...) and were soon approached by 2 very very cute boys. We sat for a while and had some drinks, they were in the Czech army even! Yum! BUT...
It turns out they were prostitutes and wanted to get it on. Sigh. We turned them down, but daaaang sometimes it sucks having morals! haha
They were also having a pot and drink party. I took a pic of the sign, maybe I'll post it when I get back.
They had a real awesome Astrological clock in the city square that I took a lot of pics of so Tess and I can go over it with a fine tooth comb! hehe
Yesterday, we took a 6 hour city tour. It was a lot of fun. We watched the changing of the guard at Praha Castle, went in the Cathedral, around Charles bridge etc.
THEN, it was time for the boat tour (sections of Praha have a small river that looks like Venice). We got on the boat and started the tour when all of a sudden, the electrical panel under the captain's wheel started to smoke and catch on fire. haha
I'm beginning to think we are bad luck...hahaha
Well, we switched boats and continued the tour which was great. We met some other people while touring and chatted them up all day. I swear, I am such a people person. I've talked to so many people on this trip.
So, now we are here in Berlin and just checking the place out before we eat, relax and then hit the pub at the corner. Mmm German Beer!
We are staying in a plaza called "Nollendorfplatz" for anyone that is curious.
Welp, more in a few days I suppose.
Man, my site has gotten a lot of hits from Germany and one from Prague (I hope it was the cute waiter from TGI Fridays) haha
Anyway, thanks for checking my blog guys! Feel free to comment or send me some email at eric@fallenstar.com
Peace and Love,
Eric
Friday, May 19, 2006
Prague
Okay I am in Prague at an internet cafe and the keyboard is in Czech and its hard to figure out so bare with me.
Dont be fooled by first impressions of this city. I was. At first all I saw was graffiti everywhere and it was a turn off but then in the main citz center, my faith in my hopes of what Prague would be like were not disappointed...what a great citz...lots of cafěs and bars, in plain site and in little knooks...very very cool.
I am very tired...the train ride here was 9 hours but we slept the whole way.
We just finished a haunted tour of the city and i took some awesome pics of a special astrological clock in the citz citz (Tess zoull love it
okay, this keyboard is on mz nervez and its making this post hard to read im sure so talk to you all soon.
Tomorrow is a 6 hour tour of the city which should be fun, more on that i guess when we make it over to Berlin.
Peace and Love,
Eric
Dont be fooled by first impressions of this city. I was. At first all I saw was graffiti everywhere and it was a turn off but then in the main citz center, my faith in my hopes of what Prague would be like were not disappointed...what a great citz...lots of cafěs and bars, in plain site and in little knooks...very very cool.
I am very tired...the train ride here was 9 hours but we slept the whole way.
We just finished a haunted tour of the city and i took some awesome pics of a special astrological clock in the citz citz (Tess zoull love it
okay, this keyboard is on mz nervez and its making this post hard to read im sure so talk to you all soon.
Tomorrow is a 6 hour tour of the city which should be fun, more on that i guess when we make it over to Berlin.
Peace and Love,
Eric
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
I love Munich
Just aniother quick note as it is around 11:40 pm. We woke up really early today (as we usually do on vacation) and purchased our tickets at the trainstation for Prague.
I won't go into all the day to day details, but the highlight of the day was going to the concentration camp in Dachau. It was so sad and even scary being there but I am glad I had a chance to experience history. I got really angry when I saw the main gate. Translated from German it basically said "Work is freedom".
Sigh.
On another more freaky note, I ran into someone here who is from
Switzerland but now lives in Munich.
The beginning of the conversation went something like this:
*He grabs my arm and forces me around"
I respond "Ja?" Appropriately in German.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were from USA."
"I am."
"I thought so! You look familiar. You go to Mickeys or Rage don't
you?"
How weird is that?!
For those of you who don't know, Rage is a club in West Hollywood.
It's s Small World After All...
Welp, time for some late night ice cream. My feet are killing me and I'm done for the night.
Oh oh, another quick funny story!
Last night we were walking around and decided we wanted to go for a drink "Redbull and Vodka, my new fav. incase ya'll wanna buy me one:>)
We saw a bar with a rainbow flag so we decided to go in.
hahaha
Well, as soon as we entered, I froze and I could tell everyone saw my jaw drop to the floor. It was like in the movies when a record is scratched to a hault off of the turn table...
Everyone was either naked or in their underwear. We aren't talking young and cute but rather old and in some cases, very very fat just sitting naked on the bar stool.
The bartender says "We are having a special party." and points to the 8 euro cover charge.
Morty replies " Oh, sorry, didn't realize."
and I quickly shot out 'Okay, we'll be going then."
We didn't give them time to respond. We quickly left laughing our butts off and grabbed a drink at the hotel bar.
Ahh, vacations...ahh life. I telll ya there is always something I can laugh about! :)
Peace and Love,
Eric
I won't go into all the day to day details, but the highlight of the day was going to the concentration camp in Dachau. It was so sad and even scary being there but I am glad I had a chance to experience history. I got really angry when I saw the main gate. Translated from German it basically said "Work is freedom".
Sigh.
On another more freaky note, I ran into someone here who is from
Switzerland but now lives in Munich.
The beginning of the conversation went something like this:
*He grabs my arm and forces me around"
I respond "Ja?" Appropriately in German.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were from USA."
"I am."
"I thought so! You look familiar. You go to Mickeys or Rage don't
you?"
How weird is that?!
For those of you who don't know, Rage is a club in West Hollywood.
It's s Small World After All...
Welp, time for some late night ice cream. My feet are killing me and I'm done for the night.
Oh oh, another quick funny story!
Last night we were walking around and decided we wanted to go for a drink "Redbull and Vodka, my new fav. incase ya'll wanna buy me one:>)
We saw a bar with a rainbow flag so we decided to go in.
hahaha
Well, as soon as we entered, I froze and I could tell everyone saw my jaw drop to the floor. It was like in the movies when a record is scratched to a hault off of the turn table...
Everyone was either naked or in their underwear. We aren't talking young and cute but rather old and in some cases, very very fat just sitting naked on the bar stool.
The bartender says "We are having a special party." and points to the 8 euro cover charge.
Morty replies " Oh, sorry, didn't realize."
and I quickly shot out 'Okay, we'll be going then."
We didn't give them time to respond. We quickly left laughing our butts off and grabbed a drink at the hotel bar.
Ahh, vacations...ahh life. I telll ya there is always something I can laugh about! :)
Peace and Love,
Eric
Monday, May 15, 2006
Guten Tag from Deutschland!
Hello All!
Welp,we made it here safe! We are having a great time.
We spent 2 days in Frankfurt, what a fun time that was. The city is lil industrial (not as much as Glasgow was in Scotland though). We spent the two days just touring the city and taking a lot of pics.
We are in Munich now. So far we love it. I went shopping (of course) adn we just had dinner. We are resting a bit before we go out to a club or bar for a drink.
The wireless works great here in the room.
Maaaaaaannnnnn...the boys here are SUPER cute! Very nice too!
The only weird thing is that they all carry purses. These things have popped up in L.A. too last year. I dunno, I don't think guys should really carry them. You see a straight guy with a purse and he wonders why he gets hit on by some queen... :)
Having a great time though and I am even behaving with all of the German pastries! Kinda...
Welp, just a quick update to let you know know we didn't die getting here. :)
I'll post more later perhaps and if not then I will post more details in my blog and trip pics on my main site!
Peace and Love,
Eric
Welp,we made it here safe! We are having a great time.
We spent 2 days in Frankfurt, what a fun time that was. The city is lil industrial (not as much as Glasgow was in Scotland though). We spent the two days just touring the city and taking a lot of pics.
We are in Munich now. So far we love it. I went shopping (of course) adn we just had dinner. We are resting a bit before we go out to a club or bar for a drink.
The wireless works great here in the room.
Maaaaaaannnnnn...the boys here are SUPER cute! Very nice too!
The only weird thing is that they all carry purses. These things have popped up in L.A. too last year. I dunno, I don't think guys should really carry them. You see a straight guy with a purse and he wonders why he gets hit on by some queen... :)
Having a great time though and I am even behaving with all of the German pastries! Kinda...
Welp, just a quick update to let you know know we didn't die getting here. :)
I'll post more later perhaps and if not then I will post more details in my blog and trip pics on my main site!
Peace and Love,
Eric
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Vacation!!!! Yay! :)
It's 10:52pm PDT and I have just finished packing for my vacation! Tomorrow we are off for our European Tour!
I love vacations...Traveling is one of my favorite things to do. Although I doubt anything could compare to last year's Australian adventure, this trip should be very exciting and fun!
A quick run down:
Germany
Frankfurt
Munich (Day trip to The Black Forest)
Berlin
Czech Republic
Prague
Netherlands
Amsterdam
It's gonna be fun fun fun! I will try to blog a little bit if I feel like taking a quick few seconds at an internet cafe, if not well then I won't. :)
Either way, my main site Fallenstar.com will be updated upon my return with pictures from this trip.
And Yes! Littleman IS going! :)
Peace and Love,
Eric
I love vacations...Traveling is one of my favorite things to do. Although I doubt anything could compare to last year's Australian adventure, this trip should be very exciting and fun!
A quick run down:
Germany
Frankfurt
Munich (Day trip to The Black Forest)
Berlin
Czech Republic
Prague
Netherlands
Amsterdam
It's gonna be fun fun fun! I will try to blog a little bit if I feel like taking a quick few seconds at an internet cafe, if not well then I won't. :)
Either way, my main site Fallenstar.com will be updated upon my return with pictures from this trip.
And Yes! Littleman IS going! :)
Peace and Love,
Eric
Monday, May 08, 2006
The Return of Tess!
This weekend was a blast and much too short!
I saw Tess for the first time in a long wqhile. We got into a tiff and didn't really speak for a while. But when you love someone and they are truly in your heart, I've found forgiveness is only a phonecall or e-mail away.
Tess came up from San Diego on Saturday and brought her honey, Matt. He is wa really nice guy! The council approves! haha
We all go together and went to The Stinking Rose (She really wanted to go there). It was Tess, Matt, Walter, Morty and Horus.
Here are a few pics. As always click to enlarge!
Here is Matt and Tess:
Here is a pic of everyone at The Stinking Rose (Minus me, I was taking the picture!)
And Finally, here is a picture of Tess and me!
We plan on all getting together again on the 4th of July on the Queen Mary for Fireworks and a nice schnazzy din-din!
I saw Tess for the first time in a long wqhile. We got into a tiff and didn't really speak for a while. But when you love someone and they are truly in your heart, I've found forgiveness is only a phonecall or e-mail away.
Tess came up from San Diego on Saturday and brought her honey, Matt. He is wa really nice guy! The council approves! haha
We all go together and went to The Stinking Rose (She really wanted to go there). It was Tess, Matt, Walter, Morty and Horus.
Here are a few pics. As always click to enlarge!
Here is Matt and Tess:
Here is a pic of everyone at The Stinking Rose (Minus me, I was taking the picture!)
And Finally, here is a picture of Tess and me!
We plan on all getting together again on the 4th of July on the Queen Mary for Fireworks and a nice schnazzy din-din!
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Cherry Tomato!
That's what my butt looks like after getting a nice burn at the tanning salon last night. I knew I shouldn't have pushed the bed to 8 mins. Ah well. At least I'm another color than "pasty". :)
I just hope I don't accidentally call out a false bingo tonight and get paddled by Belle-Aire! :)
I just hope I don't accidentally call out a false bingo tonight and get paddled by Belle-Aire! :)
Monday, May 01, 2006
A Day Without an ^Illegal^ Immigrant
Call me an ass if you want, but I found today to be more enjoyable with allthe illegal immigrants marching down town. There were no lines in the store, the tanning salon was empty and the 101 at rush hour had little to no traffic ( a BIG deal for those of you that know the 101).
For me, a day without an illegal immigrant was less stressful and more relaxing.
How was your day?
For me, a day without an illegal immigrant was less stressful and more relaxing.
How was your day?
Weekend Recap!
Welp, this weekend was a mix of work, play and fun!
Friday night I worked hard to finish sanding my doors. I sanded them, cleaned off all of the sanding dust and taped around them.
Saturday morning I applied a coat of primer to everything (took only 3 hours) and then Morty came over. We went shopping for Tess's birthday presents as well as for some comfortable new sneakers. Gotta be comfy on the trip!
We met up with Walter afterwards and all met up for our weekly Saturday dinner. We went to Zach's and had a great meal as always and spent some time talking to our new friend Mike (he works there). We came back to my place and watched a few more episodes of Sex and the City.
Sunday morning I woke up and painted my doors a lovely semi-gloss ultra bright white (i hate hate hate off white..what's the point? Just looks like old aged white...)
They look great! I am very happy!
Afterwards, I went furniture shopping with Morty. I picked out my dining set, bedroom set and sofas. I just have to pay for them and they will hold them until after I get my carpet.
Disney John came over and we all headed to Marie Callenders for dinner. Well, I just had dessert and I filled up on chips and salsa watching Sopranos. :)
We ended the evening with Desperate Housewives.
It was a nice mix of a weekend. Nothing too exciting for the blog, but I thought I'd post it anyway.
I miss the Abbey. I've been so busy, I haven't gone out and had drinking fun in a while. I will do more of that after the trip! o0o0o the trip... :)
Friday night I worked hard to finish sanding my doors. I sanded them, cleaned off all of the sanding dust and taped around them.
Saturday morning I applied a coat of primer to everything (took only 3 hours) and then Morty came over. We went shopping for Tess's birthday presents as well as for some comfortable new sneakers. Gotta be comfy on the trip!
We met up with Walter afterwards and all met up for our weekly Saturday dinner. We went to Zach's and had a great meal as always and spent some time talking to our new friend Mike (he works there). We came back to my place and watched a few more episodes of Sex and the City.
Sunday morning I woke up and painted my doors a lovely semi-gloss ultra bright white (i hate hate hate off white..what's the point? Just looks like old aged white...)
They look great! I am very happy!
Afterwards, I went furniture shopping with Morty. I picked out my dining set, bedroom set and sofas. I just have to pay for them and they will hold them until after I get my carpet.
Disney John came over and we all headed to Marie Callenders for dinner. Well, I just had dessert and I filled up on chips and salsa watching Sopranos. :)
We ended the evening with Desperate Housewives.
It was a nice mix of a weekend. Nothing too exciting for the blog, but I thought I'd post it anyway.
I miss the Abbey. I've been so busy, I haven't gone out and had drinking fun in a while. I will do more of that after the trip! o0o0o the trip... :)
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