Yeah, English is well spoken here, which is somewhat disappointing since I was cramming Swahili from my phrasebook on the flight here. Pops, you will be happy to know that at age 33 I am finally getting street-smart. I have memorized a few commonly used phrases that should help me too navigate this foreign land. These common phrases include...
"Habari" (hello)
"Asanti" (Thank you)
"Unasema Kiingereza?" (Do you speak English?)
"Kuna Choo?" (Where is the toilet? I am about to have an accident.)
"Ita gari la hospitali!" (Quick, Call an Ambulance!)
"Saidia tafadhali! Nilliibiwa!" (Please help me! I have been robbed!)
I think these phrases will be very useful.
(Mom, now that I have officilly worried pops, it would be a good time to check his pulse.)
Tony, Carol, Tree, Grandma and Bea are about to get some aroma therapy and foot massages at the spa. While they do that, I will give you all a brief report on Amsterdam, as seen from a one hour layover at the airport. All in all, very disappointing, but then again...it was one hour at the airport so yeah, that's not a good basis for opinion. Reagrdless, here it is...AMSTERDAM BY THE NUMBERS.
0 - Number of reefer bars seen at the Amsterdam airport.
0 - Number of "Royales with Cheese" eaten by self at the Amerstam airport.
0 - Number of windmills sited or pairs of wooden shoes tried on.
0 - Number of dykes I stuck my finger in.
0 - Number of cans of Aqua Net hairspray purchased to replace the ones Grandma had confiscated in Dallas.
.000001 Percent chance we will find a can of AquaNet here in Tanzania.
All in all, Amersterdam gets an "I" for incomplete. So I guess I will have to come back sometime.
Gotta run. Stay tune for another dispatch shortly.
(and MUGS, Happy B-Day to you too!)
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