EuroHip: Day 5

We're up and ready to go (relatively) early on Monday morning. The plan is to catch the 11am train to Amsterdam. In theory, we only have to make one change on the way back which is nice. We grab our tickets and pile on to the train and head to Amersfort - So far, so good. We change onto outr new train, but after a few minutes of sitting there, the driver makes an announcement in Dutch, and everyone (bar us) gets off again. Erm... Anyway, the conductor comes through, and tells us that there is an accident ahead, and says we can either stay on the train (which will go as far as the next station at least) or we can get off. We opt to stay on in the foolish hope that the accident will be cleared by the time we get there. It doesn't. So, we have to go all the way back to Amersfort and get the train to Utrecht and change there. Oh, and we have to do all this in the rain. Joy.

Anyway, we get to Amsterdam a bit later than planned, and at this point we go our seperate ways as Snoo and I are staying in a different hotel to the others. We check in, and dump our stuff in our room. Considering all we've done is sit on trains, I'm suprisingly tired and fall asleep before I even realise. After a short power nap, we're good to go again, and we head off in search of food. We find a nice little italian restaurant, and order some pizzas and wine. After dinner, we go for a stroll into town, and I recieve a message fron Trevor, and we go to meet everyone at an Irish pub called 'The Tara'. The guys are already well on their way, but after a few more rounds we soon catch up. We stay in the pub for a good few hours, and laugh and joke with each other and our barman, Dillon. We wander down, through the red light district (that was an eye-opener!) and back up along the main street to look for food. We split up and each grab various burgers and things. As Snoo and I leave the kebab shop with our food we see the Police talking to Dave, Trevor A and Trevor C, Chris and Adrian. As we get closer, we realise what's happening. It turned out that the police car drove past Dave and Trevor A, then as they went to cross, the officer in the car put the car in reverse, seemingly without looking, and floored it backwards, slamming into Dave and Trevor! Unbelieveable! Trevor seemed ok, but Dave was noticeably shaken (understandably so!). After the police and Dave exchanged information, we all decided to call it a night. We wandered back to the hotel, and turned in for the night...