Anyone for Hollandaise?

Coming home yesterday, we came across another Sex Museum. As we were so disappointed with the first one we visited, we thought we'd give this one a burl. Much bigger than the other one but not too exciting either. They did however have one room featuring lots of pictures involving different kinds of acts involving bottom lovers, animals (ewww) and of course there was one of the "wet set" variety. Don't worry Mark, I know how much you love wet set so I took some pictures for you!! :) After that, we decided to wander down to the Amstel district which is kind of like the "cool' gay area here much like Darlinghurst in Sydney, whereas we're staying in the Kings Cross (V V seedy) equivalent. Had some lunch there and walked down the "Canal of the Seven Bridges" which was quite pretty. From there, it was back to the floating flower market for Troy to buy some things he saw the other day and then back to the hotel for a rest. Once refreshed, I took myself off to the Anne Frank Huis (we only walked past it the other day due to the long lines out front) which is the building her family hid in during the Natzi occupation of The Netherlands. Her father was the director of a factory for jams and spices and converted some of the back rooms that no one knew about into living quaters for his family and they hid there for several years while the factory continued below them with only a few people knowing about their prescence. All very sad really and it makes you think about how even today various people and groups are still persecuted for their religion, beliefs, sexuality or race and it made me want to try and be more tolerant of other peoples. Tonight we will pack and then head out for a few last drinks to bid farewell to Amsterdam before flying back to London tomorrow morning. After my first trip to Europe, I am glad to have been here and really look forward to coming back in a couple of years to see more. There are a few things I've noticed however that I don't particularly like... one of which (which should be no surprise to any of you) is the lack of service in most places. Everything seems to be too much trouble and even the simplest request has called me me to be more demanding than before (if that's at all possible) to get what I want. (eg bacon and tomato added to my chicken sandwich today) Another thing which is really hard to deal with is that people spit in the street constantly. At least in Sydney certain people spit in the bin and you don't then stand a chance of walking in it! Foul, absolutely foul! Apart from those little things and the relatively high cost of most things (In Paris and Amsterdam at least), I've had a ball but am certainly looking forward to coming home! Actually, there is one more thing which annoyed me most of all and this is evident in London as well as in Europe... when you're at a bar or cafe and you need to pay to use the toilet! People actually sit in the toilets (we've dubbed them "toilet monsters" and collect money, usually .50 euro (about 1 AUD). This of course led to me having an argument with one of them (taking after you here Mum!) after using the loo and I refused "to pay to take a pee" (but not in that nice a words). After telling me that next time I can pee someone else, I told her that I'd "pee" on the bar floor next time if that would suit her... :) Bloody toilet monsters!!