ran into three americans and a couple from ireland and ecuador (he from ecuador and she from dublin) during a brief stopover in amsterdam. the americanswere all very well travelled and seemed to all ask about my background and then move on to talk politics. they love their politics over there. told one guy thati don't really do politics and another a story i heard last week about this dutch bank operating in the US giving their US staff the usual dutch holiday period - 5 weeks - and the USians didn't know what to do with all that time. so the story goes anyway. he didn't seem too impressed; maybe he thought I was being rude?
now heading on the train over to berlin. we crossed into germany maybe an hour ago. went to the cafe on the train and some sort of dark bread sandwich - I remember them from last time I was here - and a beer. the guy seemed quite surprised that i got the sandwich. maybe he thought because i'm not german i wouldn't like it? or maybe he knows i recently identified i have an intolerancerance to wheat. yum!
they have power points here for laptops. unfortunately they seem to be stuck in the smoking section of the carriage :(
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