In the past 3 days, I've logged in a total of 25 travel hours and who knows how many thousands of frequent flier miles. By the time I reach Paris from Amsterdam, my total travel time will increase to 32 hours (long layover here). My body has no clue what day it is and is confused how my meals jump from breakfast to dinner. The 1 day I had in Seattle just flew by..though it was nice to sleep in my own bed and unload everything from Hong Kong. I even went out with Felix to see Gangs of New York---a very long movie, incredibly bloody, a good story...though somewhat predictable.



The flight over here to Amsterdam wasn't bad actually---the 3 seats to my right were all empty so I had plenty of room to stretch out, read a book and get some sleep. I now have a 6.5 hour layover and am debating what to do. Much to my surprise, the Amsterdam Airport ROCKS! It's so clean, modern, high tech and is full of fun things for a typical layover passenger to do. There are tons of shops, restaurants, cafes, internet docking stations (for 5.9 euros/30 min.), a CASINO and these fun "big mama" chairs as the signs indicate (big round red chairs that look like they're from IKEA)...practically enough to keep me plenty entertained for the next few hours...although I'm really tempted to take a bus/train into the city and check out the Rijksmuseum or the Anne Frank house. The weather is rainy and blegh..so I'm not in the mood to just wander around.



I'm annoyed--the batteries in my iPod ran out on the flight over here..and I was dumb and didn't bring the charger. ah well.



I don't know if I'll be able to find an internet cafe again before tomorrow...so if not, Happy New Year to everyone!