Ottomatias.

I was yesterday once again in Amsterdam and while walking to Centraal on my way home I decided to have a beer somewhere. I found Old Nickel, a bar with 46 different beers just nearby the Centraal and happy I was.
Peter, the bartender who was working there was maybe the best bartender I’ve ever met – and God knows I’ve met bartenders in my life. Peter knows the beers he’s selling and seems to remember by name all his customers after one night only.
The place has got a hotel as well with small but cozy rooms. Prices range from 40€ for a single room to about 90€ for a double in high season weekend.
After leaving Old Nickel I took a train to Rotterdam and fell asleep. I woke up at Rotterdam Centraal to a train cleaning guy removing my watch off my wrist. At that point my wallet was already gone. Not the nicest waking up, but I’ve had worse as well. I even got all my stuff back.
Thanks for Peter and all the customers at Old Nickel for a nice night and to that NS worker for waking me up. If you are around Amsterdam go and see the nicest pub I’ve seen there.

Pretty nice handcraft over there. We had some watermelon carving at our balcony a few days ago but we were more interested in taking the extra fillings out of the watermelon to get some vodka inside than to actually carve flowers. Nice that someone has the time.

I love it.