Blast to the steemfest past #5 - My first beer in Amsterdam at the Van Dele Cafe. Oh look, it's Donald Trump....again!

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taking a break, for a beer

I now had Euros after exchanging my USD at a place (that had the cheapest exchange rate in Amsterdam) located at the sqaure plaze. So I decided to go try some new things around town by spending my new Euro paper; Which had different colors and sizes bases on how much money it represented (the bigger the amount, the bigger the size of the bill). I found this very interesting and a good method for organizing your money.

As I was exploring I found a quaint cafe right on the corner that attracted my attention. I decided to step inside and check it out for a while.
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It turned out to be a two story cafe/bar and much larger than I originally expected it to be. Adventure Time!
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I sat down and asked what was the bartenders favorite beer. She told me her favorite was a blonde ale was called,"Hertog Jan - Traditioneel Natuurzuiver Bier", I didn't know what it meant but I told here to give me a glass of that
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I received my beer and drank it slowly as I explored the rest of the Cafe. I looked over to see what was on the new paper.
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It was announcing that president Donald Trump had won the U.S. election against Clinton. On the plane ride to England was when I first heard about it since their were TV monitors on ever seat. On the plane some people were asking me what I thought about the result, I would respond,"presidents are just puppets".
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Then once I arrived in Amsterdam, EVERYONE was asking me about what I thought about the election all the time; I ended up saying the same answer over and over again. Why were people in Amsterdam so interested in U.S. politics?

I thought I would get away from political shit when I left the United States, I did not know it would follow me. People really seemed to like Obama in Amsterdam too (even though 7 countries were bombed during his term but I guess none of those countries were the Netherlands, so it was ok). Oh look, another newspaper about Donald Trump.
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Anyway....,setting aside political mind control talk, all the people of Amsterdam were very nice and accommodating. I went upstairs to explore the 2nd story of the cafe.

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there was just more people so I just went back down stairs.
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Then there was also a small downstairs section that I noticed next to the upstairs. Just more people though.
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I gave my glass back to the waitress, thanked her for helping me and left the cafe. Before I left I took one last look at the cafe and took a mental (and digital) picture of it.
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It was a good rest and a good beer! Now onto my next adventure!


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