Just Banging Away...

I don't know how long it has been since I've been off the grid for this thing.  I'll tell you what.  Probably forever.  Probably a real longtime.  Honestly a shit ton has gone down.  I've been places, I've seen things and I've heard things.  So to begin, lets talk about Europe.

Amsterdam, Paris, London.  I visited three awesome cities in a span of 9 days.  Obviously not enough time to visit three amazing cities, however just enough time to cause enough damage.  I started my trip with meeting up with Davie H. and Steffie in Amsterdam.  Talk about an amazing time.  First off I have to say this, going back to the city I loved?  Amazing, I never thought I be back that soon since my last trip, however here I was.  A lot has changed since 2011, and yet a ton of it hasn't changed.  As we continued our journey through the city we had seen tons of sites and sounds.  My favorite part of the city had to be the Ice Bar...I'm totally lying.  The Ice Bar was terrible, and definitely not worth the Euros spent.  Honestly, never ever again.  In all seriousness, the walking tour of the Red Light District was awesome.  Just plain old awesome.  So much history, and so many interesting stories and details.

 

Oh, and yes a ton of condoms.  However it wasn't all about sex, drugs, and rock and roll.  We definitely had our drinking time as well.  Steffie got to be a certified pourer, and me.  Well I got to watch and not drink as much.  

Stop two on the trip, Paris.  This is when me and Dave parted ways from Steffie, she got to head on home, however me and Dave's adventure was just beginning.  The train ride?  Amazing, the seats themselves?  First class, I don't want to travel any other way.  Good times honestly.  Once dropped off, we get to the Metro, only to discover stupid tourist taking up the entire line of the I remember as soon as we got to the streets of Paris, I screwed Dave and misguided our direction.  So what if we went in a different direction, it was an adventure.  I'll tell you who minded...I sure as hell did.  Stupid Wei, just fucking up everything.  

What was so great about Paris?  Well honestly, I felt Paris just screwed me from the beginning.  Getting lost, Eiffel Tower not being open, the Louvre not being open on Tuesdays.  I don't know it annoyed me to know end.  However in the end, Paris was my favorite after all.  Just sitting in front of the Eiffel Tower smoking Cubans made it all just worth it you know.  That and all the dinners we had in France.  Food was amazingly epic.  I mean real epic.  

Terrine

Excellent Carpaccio

Soufflé

Chocolate crepe with Nutella and banana

London, what can I say about London?  You ever wonder how America would be if everyone was just super classy?  Like snooty nose in the air snooty?  Well that's what London reminds me of.  Not that being snooty is bad.  Just upper crusty like.  Food?  Food, was different, not great, but different.  Meat pies, fish and chips, other random foods.  Well honestly, we had ramen and Chinese food.  And a lot of gambling in London.  Have to admit, London was nice, however not my favorite place.  I would definitely say Amsterdam was better than London.  

Dave eating Ramen

English Breakfast, with bubble and toast

English Eye

Tower Bridge

Across the way of Tower Bridge

Well here we are, a little over a month now out of Europe and all I can think about is, well I kinda want to just go back to Europe.  Another thing that I'm missing, a new job of some sort.  I'm honestly thinking that I'm in a rough patch of some sort, and I need to go back.  Anyway, this was my European trip.  Had a blast, had some laughs, and now, all I want is a Amsterdam type Bicycle to ride around.  Yes, a one speed.  Honestly though, shout-out to Dave, thanks buddy.  Thank you to Dave and Steffie.  Thanks for making me take that leap.

Arcades

Remember the days when we were younger?  Remember when we had Arcades?  For some, you're thinking your XBox XBLA, however, for me it was a place where I spent a ton of quarters, that's right quarters.  You drop it in a slot, grab a controller and start tapping buttons, let the games begin.  As a childhood era thing, I'm going to bring some obscure arcade games that you may or may not have seen or heard of before.  Times up let's do this shit...

10.  Legendary Wings

I loved this game as a kid growing up.  I've wasted so many quarters playing this game.  Capcom made some awesome sidescrollers/shooters, and well this wasn't an exception to it.  This was one of my favorites growing up.  I played this all the time at a nearby supermarket.  Loved every minute of it.  

9.  Raiden II

Another great game.  I enjoyed it tremendously.  Very similar to Legendary Wings, but with jets, and super power ups.  I don't know, it was just fun to me.  However I was just a kid, and well now.  It seems kinda repetitive, but man...I loved it.  

8.  Golden Axe 

My first beat'em up.  Golden Axe, how good was this game?  Seriously, I'm not big on fantasy, but man, you get magic, hot chick, and a small little elf with, well what else?  A golden Axe, oh and yeah, definitely don't forget, you get to ride on little dragons, so yeah.  Work with that.  

You know, I'm going to finish this list, but I wanted to say something else.  I've been thinking and I'm really looking forward to this.  Europe is right around the corner, and I can't seem to think of anything else.  I don't get it, it's just Europe right, just another place.  Nope, it's the greatest place I can think of.  I't going to be nothing but a blasty blast.  I'm pretty positive Dave is going to enjoy it as well.  

Speaking of which, this all wouldn't be possible without that kid.  I'm glad he knew I was dumb enough to say yes.  I'm also glad that I didn't turn it down.  There is so much going in my life right now, and well, I'm just bored of it all.  I kinda need this get away.  I'm also thinking I can find a life changing experience out there.  Climbing the steps up to the Eiffel Tower, licking the Louvre, all that crazy stuff.   Lets do this Dave!  Woooo!!!

One last thing, have a good flight buddy, be safe, and I'll see you in Amsterdam.