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 Meeting Iceage in Amsterdam!Submitted by Emjay on Sun, 26/08/2007 - 10:31pm. MeetsI have made many friends in the 8 months I've been a member of Africam, and gotten very close to a few of you, but my newest friend has got to be the most awesome of all. I PM'd Iceage about 3 weeks ago because he was new and called a jackal a "lovely dog"... I didn't know he was kidding, so I very briefly told him that it was a jackal! That was the beginning! Since then there have been many emails and marathon phone calls from Holland, but here's the real amazing ( to me anyway ) part of our brand new FRIENDSHIP: My husband and I will be traveling to Amsterdam this coming week to take a river boat cruise to Budapest. Iceage, who lives 3 hours away, has offered with great enthusiasm, to drive to Amsterdam and be our personal tour guide for the one full day we have in his beautiful city! This, to me is a beautiful thing for anyone to do, let alone someone I've "known" for such a short time. It restores my sometimes faltering faith in mankind! Thank you Iceage! And thank you, Africam for the good things I've gotten from being a member. ____________________________ http://www.myspace.com/nuts4africa http://www.youtube.com/user/Emjay620
 Sun, 26/08/2007 - 10:40pm
Wonderful Emjay ! I wish you a lovely trip ! ____________________________ Sounds of Nkorho Sun, 26/08/2007 - 10:42pm
Probably more pictures than you can imagine, Ingwe! I warned him that a camera is permenantly attached to my right hand! LOL ____________________________http://www.myspace.com/nuts4africa http://www.youtube.com/user/Emjay620
 Sun, 26/08/2007 - 11:48pm
Omg noooo! a déjà vu! Just joking Emjay, I went there to meet BigFrank and ........ I lost him in Amsterdam -ed! I wish you all the fun a meet can bring. It is one of those pass-through cities and I have been there to meet several africammers on their lay-over. Pics will be great as there are too few meets between africammers. I wish someone would get it in his/her head to organise a meet again. Sun, 26/08/2007 - 11:52pm
Omg noooo! a déjà vu! Just joking Emjay, I went there to meet BigFrank and ........ I lost him in Amsterdam -ed! I wish you all the fun a meet can bring. It is one of those pass-through cities and I have been there to meet several africammers on their lay-over. Pics will be great as there are too few meets between africammers. I wish someone would get it in his/her head to organise a meet again. http://www.myspace.com/nuts4africa http://www.youtube.com/user/Emjay620
Mon, 27/08/2007 - 12:15am
I did that too! lol I took the first train from Leuven, very early cos his flight came in very early and we then had a full day in Amsterdam. BigFrank was about to have his one day of culture of the year, he called it. We set off from Schiphol to Amsterdam, walked around a bit and what he really wanted to see was the Rijksmuseum, but he kept calling it the Rembrandt museum and that's where the snag lied. When we wanted to get off the tram at the Rijksmuseum, I stepped off first and then he, I thought. There was the sound of money falling and I saw from the corner of my eye BF bending over to pick it up, but I thought it was of the ladies behind him. BF discovered that his wallet was gone and he picked up his own change that fell. from his pocket He didn't say anything and stepped back on the tram to see if his wallet fell where he sat. I looked at the museum and didn't see he was back on the tram! His wallet was stolen. When I turned round, I only saw the tramdoors close and the tram leaving with BF! I made such a fuss that all the trams in the entire Amsterdam was searching for BF that day, he was quite the celebrity Later in the day I found BF back at his hotel, but he left for his trip to SA with only a few canadian dollars in his pocket, but everything got well in the end.  Mon, 27/08/2007 - 12:28am
I did that too! lol I took the first train from Leuven, very early cos his flight came in very early and we then had a full day in Amsterdam. BigFrank was about to have his one day of culture of the year, he called it. We set off from Schiphol to Amsterdam, walked around a bit and what he really wanted to see was the Rijksmuseum, but he kept calling it the Rembrandt museum and that's where the snag lied. When we wanted to get off the tram at the Rijksmuseum, I stepped off first and then he, I thought. There was the sound of money falling and I saw from the corner of my eye BF bending over to pick it up, but I thought it was of the ladies behind him. BF discovered that his wallet was gone and he picked up his own change that fell. from his pocket He didn't say anything and stepped back on the tram to see if his wallet fell where he sat. I looked at the museum and didn't see he was back on the tram! His wallet was stolen. When I turned round, I only saw the tramdoors close and the tram leaving with BF! I made such a fuss that all the trams in the entire Amsterdam was searching for BF that day, he was quite the celebrity Later in the day I found BF back at his hotel, but he left for his trip to SA with only a few canadian dollars in his pocket, but everything got well in the end. Yes, Iceage has warned me repeatedly about the pickpockets and luggage theives! How horrible for BF! AND YOU! Being a naturally suspicious person (shut up, those of you who know me well!) lol, I will do the moneybelt thing, and my husband keeps his wallet in a front pocket! BUT... wish us well! LOL ____________________________http://www.myspace.com/nuts4africa http://www.youtube.com/user/Emjay620
Mon, 27/08/2007 - 1:03am
In spite of what happened, it was pleasant to meet BigFrank and we are good friends ever since.
Thanks Cerinthe! Good weather is all we really need! My "Guardian Angel" is a pro! No worries! http://www.myspace.com/nuts4africa http://www.youtube.com/user/Emjay620
 Mon, 27/08/2007 - 1:40am
Awww I'll be living in Amsterdam from SUNDAY! One day late! I would have loved meeting fellow-africammers Lots of fun you two, and thanks Ceri for your story I don't repeat gossip...So listen carefully! ~* Member of the Jackal Lovers Club *~
Mon, 27/08/2007 - 3:16am
Awww I'll be living in Amsterdam from SUNDAY! One day late! I would have loved meeting fellow-africammers Lots of fun you two, and thanks Ceri for your story What a pity, Fabby! Iceage will be safely back in his home on Sunday, but hubby and I will be boarding our boat @ 3:00. If you want to know where we will be staying, PM me! The more Bomites, the better! http://www.myspace.com/nuts4africa http://www.youtube.com/user/Emjay620
 Mon, 27/08/2007 - 5:45am
Hi There Swift, Sure there is a possibility to meet us late afternoone ore in the evening. I am gooing to pick up Emjay and Husband in the early morning ( something like 08.00) then we are gooing for a Nice long drive.) Best thing for us and you to meet is mailing our cell phone number. meeting eachother at a nice dinner table in the inner city of Amsterdam sure will be nice! PM me ore Emjay about this.
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Mon, 27/08/2007 - 6:00am
Hi emjay,Iceage et al,hope your meeting up goes well. Until my wallet and me got lost,meeting cerinthe was terrific. We shared a nice boatride tour of Amsterdam and chatted. Now my troubles are just a funny story that was part of an amazing trip. I stayed on the tram. As it pulled away I was veinly searching for my wallet. Now,there are no straight roads in Amsterdam,everything goes around the canals. By the time I got off the tram and walked in the direction I thought Id come from I was hopelessly lost. With just over $2 in Canadian coin in my pocket now,I wandered the street asking for help from anyone who didnt look too shifty..popped into some businesses but most didnt know english. Finally 2 older ladies stopped..I think they thought I was begging to be honest. Their english wasnt great,but they hailed someone who could help me. Together they tried to figure a way to get me back to my hotel(day room). The man they hailed managed to convince a cab driver to take me to my hotel,and that the hotel would pay him. The cab driver had all of the emergency VISA numbers,so before we hit the hotel Id cancellled all my credit cards. Once there to pay him became another adventure. As my cards were now cancelled,that was no good and the hotel wasnt thrilled of the idea of paying,as I was only booked in there for 12 hours. Finally the hotel paid,now I had to reimburse them somehow. I asked they get hold of the Canadian consulate,who in their infinite wisdom expected me to jump a cab,take it across the city to their office,have the cab wait,rack up a nice charge and return to hotel to now pay them and a huge cab charge. I only had a few hours left by now till my plane left for SA so I declined. Eventually we played around and I called my father in Toronto,who faxed his credit card info and we paid using that.(dad faxing Amsterdam ..him and technology dont get on well...but that was another adventure). Eventually Cerinthe found me at my hotel,which was good cuz as I had reboarded the tram,Id passed her my camera bag! Cerinthe had a wack of people on the look out for me,most wondered how she could lose anyone so big!? I must say that VISA was terrific,when I called to cancel my cards,they gave me a number to call for a replacement when I got to South Africa. Within one hour of calling from Africa,I recieved my replacement card,delivered to me at an africam friends home I was using as my base while in Joberg. The rest as they say is history,I had an awesome trip going to 4 parks Id watched on africam and met over 40 folks I knew from africams chat and boma. This lead to a return trip the following year to 6 parks africam had cameras at,plus a visit to africam radio. The whole story is now all part of the adventure of travel,fortunately I had my plane ticket and passport and the rest of the trip was everything and more then Id hoped for! Mon, 27/08/2007 - 9:20am
Good Heavens Frank.... what a story! I hope I NEVER have to go through anything like that! Hopefully, with the help of Iceage, we will have no horror stories about our visit to Amsterdam, and only good pictures to share with all of you when I return WITH my cameras! http://www.myspace.com/nuts4africa http://www.youtube.com/user/Emjay620
Mon, 27/08/2007 - 10:29am
Wow some story Well i have to be honest. I will meet Emjay next saturday. I hope she brings a lot of $$$ because i plan to take all her cash.! with all her money i can buy a lot of *bleep* Take Care. Not to worry folks.... he's just kidding! I'll make sure he's *bleep* free when he takes us around! http://www.myspace.com/nuts4africa http://www.youtube.com/user/Emjay620
Mon, 27/08/2007 - 11:03am
Lol Emjay! Maybe you can get him to leave his wooden shoes at home too! Thanks Big Frank for sharing your story, a bit too exciting for me, wow! I'd understand if you couldn't stand Amsterdam now! Ceri, my room in Amsterdam is 15 square meters and I serve free drinks lol! ____________________________I don't repeat gossip...So listen carefully! ~* Member of the Jackal Lovers Club *~
Mon, 27/08/2007 - 1:14pm
Ceri, my room in Amsterdam is 15 square meters and I serve free drinks lol! For how long are you in Amsterdam? Maybe we can set a date in advance and everybody who wants to, can join us for a day in Amsterdam? Breakfast anyone? We have Sunday morning open! http://www.myspace.com/nuts4africa http://www.youtube.com/user/Emjay620
 Mon, 27/08/2007 - 11:46pm
Ceri, my room in Amsterdam is 15 square meters and I serve free drinks lol! For how long are you in Amsterdam? Maybe we can set a date in advance and everybody who wants to, can join us for a day in Amsterdam? Breakfast anyone? We have Sunday morning open! Ok, but who's gonna fly 3 kids and me over from Arizona for breakfast ....and back .....before school?! "You must be the change you wish to see in the world" -Ghandi I'm K and I'm an Africam Addict Mhala (Impala) Junior Sentry Tue, 28/08/2007 - 12:06am
Ceri, my room in Amsterdam is 15 square meters and I serve free drinks lol! For how long are you in Amsterdam? Maybe we can set a date in advance and everybody who wants to, can join us for a day in Amsterdam? Breakfast anyone? We have Sunday morning open! Ok, but who's gonna fly 3 kids and me over from Arizona for breakfast ....and back .....before school?! We'll miss you AZ! LOL... But I'll take lots of pics! ____________________________http://www.myspace.com/nuts4africa http://www.youtube.com/user/Emjay620
Tue, 28/08/2007 - 12:53am
Ceri, my room in Amsterdam is 15 square meters and I serve free drinks lol! For how long are you in Amsterdam? Maybe we can set a date in advance and everybody who wants to, can join us for a day in Amsterdam? Breakfast anyone? We have Sunday morning open! Ok, but who's gonna fly 3 kids and me over from Arizona for breakfast ....and back .....before school?! We'll miss you AZ! LOL... But I'll take lots of pics! Are you flying over the US or over the rest of the Pacific to get back? If the US, can you just drop off some food samples on your way over? "You must be the change you wish to see in the world" -Ghandi I'm K and I'm an Africam Addict Mhala (Impala) Junior Sentry Tue, 28/08/2007 - 1:11am
Are you kidding? You obviously haven't flown lately, my desert flower! They don't FEED you anymore! You have to BUY your food, pillow & blanket! It's rough out there! LOL I'll be hopping from HNL to LA, to Chicago, (oops... missed ya!) to DUBLIN, and finally, "2 days" later, to Amsterdam! By then, we'll be basket cases, but we have the afternoon to rest up for our full day of touring a-la-"Iceage/Swift Tourist Agents 1st class" on Saturday! ____________________________http://www.myspace.com/nuts4africa http://www.youtube.com/user/Emjay620
Tue, 28/08/2007 - 1:19am
Are you kidding? You obviously haven't flown lately, my desert flower! They don't FEED you anymore! You have to BUY your food, pillow & blanket! It's rough out there! LOL I'll be hopping from HNL to LA, to Chicago, (oops... missed ya!) to DUBLIN, and finally, "2 days" later, to Amsterdam! By then, we'll be basket cases, but we have the afternoon to rest up for our full day of touring a-la-"Iceage/Swift Tourist Agents 1st class" on Saturday! Last summer I DROVE to Chicago (with 3 kids and 5000 + total miles). But I meant to BUY some food before you get on the plane in beautiful places like Amsterdam. Then when you fly over...between Chicago and LA, you can just open a window and drop it down! I'll catch and enjoy. But feel free to bring enough for you to enjoy some yourself! ____________________________"You must be the change you wish to see in the world" -Ghandi I'm K and I'm an Africam Addict Mhala (Impala) Junior Sentry Tue, 28/08/2007 - 1:20am
Well sadly I have to work Sunday.. So you'll be having breakfast withouth me However, I will be living in Amsterdam for about 7 months, so Ceris plan sounds good to me Don't wait till Christmas though, because then I'll be in Egypt lol! Not quite the bush, but Africa non the less I don't repeat gossip...So listen carefully! ~* Member of the Jackal Lovers Club *~
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When we did the canal tour there was a photo taken of us and they(tramline) took a copy of it and distributed it to all the trams so they knew what he looks like.
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