I think this picture is sweet. Last night in Amsterdam there was a bit of a storm, and we didn’t have umbrellas so we were just going to run back to our room for the night but by the time we got back, it had stopped raining so we decided to turn around and go back out.
Then it was was quite the adventure. I roamed the Red Light District with my mom. How many people can say that? At first we were sort of confused; we saw the sex stores and sex museums, but we did not see sex for sale.
Until…
There they are, ladies and gents! Of course I didn’t take any real photos of them because they are actually people and not zoo animals, but I did want to post this little shot to show you that yes, there are women who work in Amsterdam as legit prostitutes and they do actually stand there in windows surrounded by red lights, beckoning to the people as they walk by. For real. My mom wanted to stand there and look at them but I just felt awkward giving them more than a glance. But I will tell you that from what I saw, most of them were pretty good looking! And they were everywhere! You’d be walking and all of a sudden you’d realize there are lights coming from the windows that are below the street level, too.
And as we walked down one street, we saw a man come out from one of the rooms. Awkward!
Oh, and here’s a nice little sign for a store that’s not really so “nice” on the inside. Well, I guess that depends on your definition.
“they are actually people and not zoo animals” isn’t that a quote from that Amsterdam mag i gave ur mom?? did people come up to u guys asking if u wanted to buy some “stuff”? haha anyways, did u go down the shopping street, grocery store or department store with all the yummy food??
Haha, is it? I haven’t even looked at the magazine but I’m sure it’s been said before! No one ever approached us, we went down the shopping street and the grocery store and the department store with the food… but we never found the ice cream!!!
i’m so sad about the ice cream:( did u see all the millions of H&Ms?? did u have Blood OJ?? it looks cold there, not that its any warmer here i’m sure
Gotta love the red light district. They had a challenge on America’s Next Top Model where they had to get in the window and model. It was cool. I would probably work at the I Love You Shop, lol…is that bad?
Haha, you’d be their best employee!
I am reminded of a quote from Firefly (one of the best sci-fi series canceled in its first season ever…) spoken by Kaylee, the female mechanic as they took shelter from a gunfight in a brothel: “oooh, they have boy whores!”
Nice pun in your rain photo: “dam rain” HAha! Is that really Dam square by night? cool. :-)
Haha, yep that’s Dam square! And yeah, I’ve decided to start naming my photos instead of leaving them as “DSCN1234″ whatever. :)