overheard

September 19, 2009 11:49

I walked to the Keizersgracht for a late breakfast.  As I was enjoying scrambled eggs and tomatoes lightly coated with olive oil I overheard two American guys having a very erudite discussion about Amsterdam.

One of them looked around at the leaning buildings nearby and then the canal only inches away from his table- and unprotected by a guardrail- and said:

"Dude, this place is a city of bad ideas."

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