One Night in Apeldoorn and the World's Your Oyster...

On December 22, I capped off my work week in Apeldoorn around 9 pm. Apparently the typical work day ends earlier and I realized that the bus stop just outside the client site had no more service for that day. Luckily I spotted another bus traveling nearby and was able to figure out where that bus stop was located. I waited about 40 mins. for that one and was then on my way to the central Apeldoorn bus terminal. From there I took my connecting bus back to the hotel.



Unfortunately for me all of the restaurants in that area closed at 10 pm so I proceeded to go for a walk to try and hunt down my last dinner in Apeldoorn. I headed past a few of the restaurants I had eaten at earlier in the week and, after walking for about 40 mins., I stumbled across the city center of Apeldoorn. It was teeming with bicycles, people, and nightlife and so I explored that area.



There were two "Mexican" restaurants but I just couldn't make myself go in. I ended up eating a döner kebab at a walk-in place. It was great and reminded me off all the party nights in Spain. Why don't we have that kind of place here? I ended up going to a few bars, including Cafe on de Hook, Finnegan's Irish Pub, and Bizzy's before heading back. Finnegan's was interesting. Inside, I had a pint or more of Guinness while listening to an Irishman play "Hotel California" amidst a bunch of really drunk people, i.e. my kind of place. Most of the places started winding down around 1:30 am and I had to get up the next day to head for Amsterdam/Schiphol airport so I started my long trek back...