Queer Musings

Heading Out For The Night

Getting ready to head out for the night. I found that there are a few bars over in the Red Light District, and that is right around from my hotel.

Before leaving I thought I would post a picture of the view from my hotel room.

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Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to me...

Had a pretty laid back day today. My friend and I made a day trip over to Haarlem today and checked out the sites. While I am enjoying Amsterdam, it was nice to get out of the big city and cruise on over to a smaller town. Haarlem seemed somehow more Dutch.

Going to do a quick search for gay bars to go to tonight. It is about 7:00 PM and should be early enough to check out a couple of bars and see what is going on.

In Flight Musings

Well as usual I can't sleep and that sucks...

I know that the best way to combat jet lag is to try and get some sleep on the flight over. Well I only managed to get about one and one half hours sleep. Probably didn't help that before getting to the airport I had a couple of cups of coffee with breakfast, and then a Red Bull to help me stay awake while waiting for the flight.

I know better than that, and yet I do the same thing over and over again...

Good thing the only thing I really had planned for my first day in Amsterdam was checking into the hotel and maybe taking a canal cruise.

I'm gonna pop a DVD in and see if I can't get some more shut eye... I will update a little more if I have time in Frankfurt.

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Well I made it... After the hassles of checking in with Lufthansa, I had such a headache, that I thought I would take an aspirin and take a quick nap. Too bad I was so tired, I ended up sleeping until late into the night.

More to come later...

Leaving For Vacation

Ok, it has been a while since I've really had anything to say, or the time, but I have a few hours to kill today before my flight. I'm now on vacation and getting ready to jet off to Amsterdam to celebrate my birthday, and I can hardly wait. I've checked in for my flight, and will be leaving for Frankfurt in about three hours. From there I'll be connecting to Amsterdam.

I was afraid that I was going to be visiting Amsterdam alone, but luckily a friend from work will be on vacation this week. He'll be flying out tomorrow to spend a few days with me. So I'm happy that come Monday, I'll have somebody to spend my birthday with that I know.

My friend joked that while there we will have to see a sex show. I should probably ask him if I can choose what type of sex show we go see since it is my birthday... I doubt he would want to go see the same one as me since he is straight. I know he will go to some of the gay bars/pubs with me, but talking him into seeing a gay show will be something else entirely.

Besides, I think it would just be odd watching two guys up on a stage having sex.

Now this won't be my first international flight, but today will be the first time I've been able to fly first class internationally. When I went to London, I managed to get a seat in business class, but my flight today is pretty wide open. I have to say I'm glad that I work for an airline, otherwise I wouldn't be able to even think about sitting anywhere other than coach (which I'll probably fly on my return to save money). The only reason I want to go first class this trip is I am spoiling myself on this birthday.

I'm of the opinion that every 10 years it is more than ok to spoil yourself on your birthday. This year I'll be in Amsterdam staying at a hotel I normally wouldn't consider and visit a coffee shop or two. In 2016 for my 50th birthday I'm hoping to be in Australia diving off of the Great Barrier Reef.

Not much more I can say about my trip at the moment. I probably won't do much posting while I'm in Amsterdam. I will, however, upload my pictures each day to Flickr: Photos from queermusings. I have to go get ready to clear security, and that is always a joy. I tell you it sucks having a name that turns up as a false positive on the governments watch list.