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What a beautiful face I have found in this place that is circling all round the sun. What a beautiful dream that could flash on the screen in a blink of an eye and be gone from me. Let me hold it close and keep it here with me. And one day we will die and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea. But for now we are young, let us lay in the sun and LIST every beautiful thing we see.

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NY:

  • Cafe Himalaya
  • Dream House (closed)
  • Steven Alan Flagship, tribeca, franklin & church
  • Korea Town (han bat)
  • Barney's
  • Bird shop, Grand St
  • Narnia (N1st/Grand & on Driggs)
  • Oak
  • 10ft Single Stella vintage (N6th & Meeker/Metropolitan)
  • Awoke (Bedford/N5th)
  • Beautiful Dreamers (Whythe/S1st)
  • Shop (Havemeyer & Metropolitan)
  • Shop (on N6th @ Bedford)

ICELAND:

  • August (sun sets around 10:30pm and rises super early this time of year - BRING face mask for sleeping as some rooms don't have great curtains).
  • Don't need cash...EVERY place takes card.
  • Get gravel etc insurance on car...we had a rock crack our window on a decent road.
  • Bring boardgames, etc, not anything to do in any of the towns at night
  • July 31st weekend is national holiday for camping (consider traffic - double check holiday).
  • Time change jet-lag is strong because of so much sunlight.
  • Extra daylight helps with sightseeing (hiking). We were on a hike at 10pm one night. You can do a lot in one day.
  • Driving super easy - no cars on road - simple two lane highway with passing cars okay.
  • 4 x 4 would have made some drives easier and faster (but they cost more).
  • NO charge for any of the park sights.
  • It is very expensive (food and lodging) Basic room airbnb in a shared house around $125. Nicer hotels $400. Pizza like $30. Most meals per person $30ish. Simple meals easily $65+ for two people. Not much food around aside from pizzas, burgers, fish except in Reykjavik.
  • No tipping necessary anywhere.
  • VEGAN Guide
    • Day 1:
      • reykjavik (all walkable - don't need more than 1 or 2 days here)
        • ✔ Penis Museum (can be skipped - not funny or that interesting)
        • ✔ Old Reykjavik
        • ✔ Laugardalur Shop Street (and go down side streets toward huge church)
        • ✔ Old Harbor
        • ✔ Tjornin Park
        • Bio Paradis Theater -- Indie Art Film Theater
        • Laugardalur Park (missed this but wish I had made it -- nearby)
          • BARS I read about:
        • Paloma (dancing)
        • Kaffibarinn
        • ✔ Café Babalú Coffee House (boardgames - cute)
        • Húrra (hipster)
        • Dolly (hipster)
        • Lebowski Bar
        • Kex Bar
        • Boston
        • Kiki Queer (dancing)
        • Prikið (hiphop)
  • SIGHTS:
    • Day 2:
      • pingvellir nat park (skipped this - seemed redundant)
      • geysir (great food here and gift shop here - just park and walk across street to watch geysir)
      • gullfloss falls (next door to geysir - just park and walk)
      • (stay in fludir @ Dalbaer guesthouse which was very cute - secret hot spring lagoon nearby - odd ethiopian restaurant great)
    • Day 3:
      • haifoss falls (skipped this since you need a 4x4 - it could be done with small car but just takes time/patience)
      • gjain valley (amazing - you can do small car despite sign - drive slow - about 30 mins - arrive at red barn farm - walk on right side of river 20 mins on path to valley - loved it!!! look for Stong farm sign on highway.)
      • note: half of 26 highway at the time was being repaved so rough road
      • seljalandsfoss falls (just park and right there)
      • skogafoss falls (just park and right there - climb the stairs and do the trail that goes behind it (climb over the baby ladder to continue trail at the top - it is amazing!)
      • nonni guesthouse (basic $100 - not great)
    • Day 4:
      • reynisgrangar black beach with sand stacks (very cool...climb rocks to explore beach further and find the puffin colony)
      • vik for lunch - EAT at Sudur Vik!
    • Day 5:
      • skaftafell park (can do a 3 hour glacier hike but I think we'll skip and just walk out to glacier and explore)
      • foss hotel (good but pricey $350)
    • Day 6:
      • jokulsarlon glacial bay (you can do a boat tour but didn't seem necessary - you can walk the whole lagoon area)
      • ingolfshofdi - to see puffins (tours at 10:00AM and 1:30pm - you'll see their sign from highway not too far after VIk - 30 min tractor ride > 1 hour hike > 30 min tractor ride back)
      • vik - hotel katla (decent hotel $200)
    • Day 7 & 8:
      • (stop at krysuvik and valahnukur on way to grindavik?)
      • grindavik blue lagoon hotel (eat in Keflavik 20 mins away -- there's Keflavik Thai and some Indian food at Kaffi Duus!!!)
  • Other stuff: helicopter ride, whale and puffin watching boats

Amsterdam:

  • Note: pop into hotel to ask for tourist map, tram/bus you swipe to get on and swipe to exit (you can buy your ticket on tram in back), eat indonesian while here but a good one
  • Cat Boat
  • MUSEUMS:
    • ✔ Rijksmuseum
    • ✔ Van Gogh Museum
    • Street Art Museum
  • FOOD/BARS:
    • ✔ Kartika Indonesian
    • ✔ Tripel + Maloe Melo next to each other pubs/bars
    • ✔ DE HALLEN: indoor food market / art house cinema
    • The Waterhole - dingy rockers bar
    • DeTonTon Club Arcade Bar
    • Casa Rosso Show (skipped it)
    • ✔ Same Place Bar
    • Melkweg Club Aug 10th Tarrus Riley
    • Het Dokterje Old Bar
    • ✔ Cafe of Minds Punk Bar
    • Paradiso Dance Club
    • Panama Hip Hop Club
    • ✔ The Cave rock/metal bar
    • Coffee Shops: smokeys, grey area
    • ✔ Sound Garden - punk bar DIY space - young punks
    • Club 8 - 18 pool tables
    • Hannekes Boom - near central station - fireplace armchairs
    • Roest (movie theater vibe)
  • NEIGHBORHOODS:
    • ✔ Jordaan Neighborhood (stayed here)
    • ✔ The Red Light District
    • ✔ Weastergasfabriek Hall (refurbished warehouses for food, arcade bar, etc more lively on weekends?)
  • MISC:
  • SHOPPING:
    • ✔ Shops along stretch Raadhuisstraat & Westermarkt & Rozengracht for non-label designers
    • ✔ Waterlooplein Flea Market (not great)
    • ✔ Haarlemmerdijk to Haarlemmetstraat - cute shopping street!
    • ✔ Old Flea-Swapmeet type Market: Albert Cuypmarkt and nearby streets in front
    • ✔ De Negen Straatjes or ‘The Nine Streets’: three streets parallel with cute shops (ask shop for walking map)
    • IJ-Hallen Vlooienmarkt (monthly massive market - aug 13-14)
    • ✔ two main chain store shopping streets in Amsterdam’s city centre: Kalverstraat and the Leidsestraat
    • ✔ Hutspot (multilevel cute shop) 204-210 rozengracht, 1016 NL Amsterdam
  • Notes:
    • playing inspirational 80s songs while James drive the canal boat like Sailing, Sail on, Chariots of Fire, Karate Kid songs, etc
    • asian woman and her husband asking me about prostitutes
    • asian man eating ice cream alone while all the bars and pot shops were filled (his own drug)
jun 28 2016 ∞
nov 20 2023 +
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