Road Trip

(this is my 100th post on this blog btw, woohoo!)

So a friend of mine recently got his driver's license, and of course what's the first thing a guy does when he gets his license? ROAD TRIP!!! He even got some wheels for himself. Not some race monster or a classic roadster, somehow we Dutch people aren't that spoiled as those American teenage kids, who can buy a car for a few pennies or even just get one from their parents.. No we get to choose between the old lower end models, like this one.

The Toyota Starlet baby!! Well, it's got 4 wheels and it drives, what more do you need?

At least we can make a cool pose with it. Makes the car look much better, doesn't it?

Though the car may be old, there's always one thing that youngsters cannot do without.
That's right, things that make you go boom!



No matter how old the ride, there's always room for a massive soundsystem

So we've been planning a trip half-way across the country

(Serves us right for living in one of the most faraway places in this tiny country)









So, our first destination: Rotterdam. Bright lights, big city. Or so we thought.

Rotterdam is a nice place, but we didn't expect to see the saddest Christmas tree in the world (the trip was sometime during the Christmas holidays, you know how fast I am with blogging).











The initial idea was to go to Scheveningen, the most popular beach of the country, where also the only known arcadehal was located. There might be one or two other in the entire country (talk about a boring country...), but I've never been there yet. So Scheveningen it is.

At least, if it were up to the other two geeks.. I didn't feel like making a 250km trip just to hang out at the arcades all day long, so I suggested the best thing to do while in the West: Dim Sum! It's a little sad that we have to drive halfway across the country to enjoy this marvelous food, but then again it adds a little more to the experience.

Plus of course it's fun to see how other people handle the chopsticks, not to mention the strange food they've never seen before.





We first started with a quick stroll through the shopping streets, to see if there was anything worth while. Although all the stores were fitted with huge SALE signs, I didn't get anything. Probably because those signs are up there all year long.
Because it was still early, we went for a cup of coffee and a snack..








Well not that one, tempting as it might be, but we're still on a student budget (and we also need to save money for the arcades, it's hard to get rid of our geeky nature). After that some more strolling, and then food, glorious food!

When we were stuffed, it was time for the second part of our trip: going to the beach in the middle of winter!

Yes, it's obvious we're
always full of good ideas.










So, with a temperature of about 4 degrees Celsius and Wind Force 7 in our face we made our way to the boulevard. Despite the weather there were still quite some people making their way to the beach, but of course I would too if I lived near it. We made our way to the shopping mall and started our gaming marathon. At long last I finally got to play Time Crisis 3 again, aaahh sweet gaming bliss. Besides that there was some racing, some weird (obviously Japanese) plaything, and I even got Oene so far as to join me in a DDR session.
















Steppin' to the groove, dancing the night away! Which it was, when we were finally done.
Of course it was winter, so it was already dark by 5 or 6 'o clock. Still, we walked down the peer (the thing that stretches out into the sea, see pic above), with the wind blowing yet more mightier. At the end we stopped for some coffee, not very hungry yet (Dim Sum really stuffs you up, plus dinner was pretty pricey, especially after a day like this).

And at long last, returning home.

Where we made a wrong turn somewhere and ended up going to Noord-Holland (the northwest bit of NL).

And stopping at Burger King because the hunger finally kicked in.

..When's the next trip?


+40 experience
+6 in yummy yummy food!
+2 in gun-slingin', quicksteppin' mad skillz yo