Last full day in Amsterdam, last chance to shop and etc.

We woke up with one primary mission in mind...or at least Sheilla's mind. To find that Vero Moda bag. Also, Sheilla needed to return a pair of shorts from River Island and to buy pen refills for her dad.

After grabbing two cups of coffee, we started walking towards Leidseplein. While walking between the shops, we caught sight of Masha in one of the stores. We had planned to meet with her a little later, but I guess might as well start now. Masha was explaining the reason she had to leave early yesterday night due to fatigue, was because of the ordeal she had at work. It would seem that at the store where she worked, someone had walked away with an item without paying. As she was helping that person out, she was deemed responsible. She had tried to clear it out, but I guess things were still a bit sketchy.

I had plans to write and upload more pictures at the Internet cafe off of Leidsestraat street. So while I did that, the two ladies went to the stores so Sheilla can do her last-day shoppings.

After I've done all the blog writing I was able to do, I decided to walk around the block while waiting to hear from the girls. I found a bookstore that was catered for English books. I looked around while trying to figure out what book would be good to buy to read in the plane, since I was done reading the book I brought, Everything Changes by Jonathan Tropper. Then I remembered that I had finished the book by Douglas Adams, The Hitchicker's Guide to the Galaxy. I've been wanting to get at least one of the sequels, starting with The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe. With my luck, I found a book that not only has that title, but 3 others. One book, four titles. The price was descent (although I later realized it was not after doing the currency conversion). I bought it anyway.

I finally met up with Sheilla and Masha, and we had lunch at a nearby sandwich restaurant. We also wanted to get away from being outside, since it was very windy. It had been very windy since we arrived in Amsterdam the second time. Too bad, because now we had to skip the canal cruise. I guess it's yet another reason to come back.

After lunch, we walked around some more, to stores mostly as the ladies were just hungry for fashion-passion. But after finally depleting our interest in looking at clothes, although I must admit that would only apply to myself, we decided to go back to our hotel. We said our final goodbyes to Masha. We wished her well with work and her "love". Then we headed to our hotel.

We made our final packing and last minute checks, and we waited for ibu Ety. She came shortly after we finished everything. We got into the car driven by the same guy who took us to our hotel in Amsterdam the very first time around, and that was the end for Amsterdam, the central area.

We arrived at ibu Ety's place to find that our room was reorganized a bit to provide more space. The airbed was there, as expected. There was more blankets now, so that was definitely a plus. We adjusted our packings with the luggages that we left behind at ibu Ety's place. She also suggested that we do our laundry there and then. We agreed as she didn't mind, but we didn't realize that the drying would take place at the guy's house, who drove us. To top it off, he came back later after they were dried, which surprised all of us. Needless to say, he was more than welcome to dine with us. I had mie goreng, or fried noodle, made especially by ibu Ety, requested by Lala. The dinner was as delicious as the first one we had about a month ago. Thus, a good ending to tonight, and to our last night.