Fuck Ryanair.. i love amsterdam.

Yesterday i leave amsterdam, i had been here for 8 days for my birthday and loved every min of it, partys, people, squats, pubs, squatting action that turned a little nasty because it turned out the house was belonged to some sort of morrocon mafia..

5 mins after the squatting action there was a screech of a car and 2 guys jumped out, we gathered around the door about 20 strong making sure they couldnt get near. A small fight broke out and it took over 15 mins for the cops to arrive. when they did more and more of the gangsters arrived and starting causing trouble.. the cops said we were within our rights to squat the house and that the "owners" would have to take it easy and probably start legal proceedings.. this didnt sit very well with them, as more and more of the gangsters arrived we all went into the house, in total about 30 of us were inside..

so after about a hour of being inside and the cops were keeping the gangsters in order although they were shouting they were going to kill us while we sleep and that they are going to shoot us etc without a care regarding the cops, we left under the watch of the police and the people that whated to keep the house stayed in.

we went to a meeting point and had a talk about the situation and that they needed more barracades, about a hour later 5 of us went to get barracades and the others took a detour to the house, we met on the corner and like a flash mob we ran around the corner, everyone pushed the cops and the gangsters back and we got the barracades in the door and the door was shut before anyone knew what was actually happening.. there was a cheer from the windows and we cheered back, then there was the ring of sirens in the air, we started to walk, we had gotten about 150meters away from the house and the cops arrived looking confused because we wernt resisting or trying to start trouble. great success..!

we went back to the meeting point, we decided that we were going to have a noise demo but first we were to go past the house and to either make some noise there or just make it known that we are a strong force, a city wide alarm was sent out, people came to the meeting point and after a quick head count i think we were about 100 strong..

When we got to the house people inside wanted to leave for whatever reason.. the cops were back in their cars but were close, there was some of the gangsters at the door and we told them we are going to move them if they dont move because people want to leave etc.. they said it wasnt going to happen, we forcefully started to move them.. a surge of about 100 people moving only 3 or 4 gangsters because the others ran into the solvennrs shop next door for protection. One guy started screaming he was going to shoot and tryed to get his hand into his jacket, the owner was visably a bit shook at the amount of people that were there and the reaction and revolt against the so called gangsters. he started to lash out at some of the bloc. he was attacked and beaten in the face by one or 2 of the people in the surge of more and more people pushing.

a few secong laster the cops got in the middle of everything with their batons, there was a bit of confusion from all sides, it was unclear if the cops were there to stop us, to stop the gangsters or both of us, i dont think the cops knew either, they paused for about 20 seconds screaming with their batons drawn, the owner lashed out again and he was hit a few blows in the head from one of the people in the demo. the cops started bashing people, one of the people in the bloc was struck in the face first, he fell to the ground screaming, in trying to get him out of harms way we were beaten by a hail of batons, i was hit in the hand and arm, when i turned my back to try push the injured guy back after we got him off the ground i was sruck in the shoulder once or twice, other people were hit in the head or arms..

when i looked back half of the group had dissapeared down the roud in fear of being hit, we started to run back from the cops.. they started to run after us and hit anyone that was close to them, one guy was repeatidly beaten but he just walked with a smile screaming "i cant feel anything"

as more and more cops arrived the chief started screaming at other officers who were thinking they were robocop on a mission to kill.. they formed a line and started to charge us, we ran back around a corner past shops and restaurants that were quickly shutting doors and blocking windows,
and then, the cops stopped.. they watched us go around the corner and didnt come after us, they watched from a distance to see what would happen next..

we went back to the meeting point and had a disscussion, the guy that was struck in the head was brought to hospital, it turned out that one guy had been arrested and that many people were injured but not so bad.. we decided to have our noise demo at the cop station where the guy was being held, the media came down and recorded us, we smashed paving slabs and bashed them on street lights, threw them across the river trying to hit the cop station unseccessfully.. we let of some fireworks and just made as much noise as possible. The cops arrived with dogs but didnt come near us, they just watched from a distance.. after that we went back to a squat and hung out for a bit talking about the few hours of actions we had.. it was a nice day.. the house is still ours, the owner has written a death threat to the people inside the house and still has people outside it trying to intimadate.. but in the end they will either be violent or start legal procedings.

as for ryanair.. i went to get my flight, i checked in online 2 days before my flight, got a train to eindhoven, then a bus to the airport, when i went to check in they said i didnt check in online although i had it printed out, apparentally it wasnt on the system. they wanted 40 euros from me to let me bored the plane, i only had ten.. so i couldnt afford it, i only had 10 left. i jumped the bus back to the train station but in the middle a inspecter got on and threw me off.. i got the next bus but bought a ticket, i got to the train station an found that the train was going to cost me 18euro from eindhoven to amsterdam central..

i had 7 euros.. i spent the next 2 hours at the station pan handling and begging for money.. i got enough to get to central, i got on the train and just before utrechet there was a problem with the train, they thought it was on fire, it turned out to be a brake that got stuck and was smoking really bad. we were taken off the train at utrechet and put on another train.. it brought me to schipol airport and from there they wanted me to pay another 4 euros to get to central eltho i had already payed my fare. wankers.

i had to panhandle another 3 euros.. i got the train and made it back to central by 11pm.. i started traveling that day at 1pm.. i left eindhoven airport at 4.. got my first train back towards amsterdam at 6:10.. and arrived at 11pm.. it was horrible.

now im here and have booked to fly home on the 2nd. grrr.. i hate ryanair.