Tourists in Amsterdam
Linda, Marc & Daan came over for a visit yesterday. The plan was to go to Artis, but we never made it. Never mind, Daan was more than happy with all the things he could see while we were strolling in town. We took a bike-taxi back to the Jordaan, like real tourists! It was pretty convenient though, so I might do it again if I have visitors. 10 euros for two people.
In the evening, I went to see Tropa de Elite with A, who’s been in Brasil a number of times, and to favelas in particular, which is why she was interested in this movie. Extremely violent though, and a glorification of the violence meted out by the BOPE, but still a good movie. How accurate a representation it was of what’s going on there? Hard to say for me.