Dating / Girlfriend Tour: Part 8 - Trip with SB to Amsterdam
This is Part 8 of my "Dating Tour" series.
Part 1 (Overview): [URL]http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/forum/showthread.php?4144-Seeking-Arrangements&p=2842652&viewfull=1#post2842652[/URL].
Part 2 (Prep): [URL]http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/forum/showthread.php?4144-Seeking-Arrangements&p=2844638&viewfull=1#post2844638[/URL].
Part 3 (Madrid) [URL]http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/forum/showthread.php?4144-Seeking-Arrangements&p=2844961&viewfull=1#post2844961[/URL].
Part 4 (Barcelona. Naz and the threesome): [URL]http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/forum/showthread.php?4144-Seeking-Arrangements&p=2845741#post2845741[/URL].
Part 5 (Barcelona. Worst day of the tour): [URL]http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/forum/showthread.php?4144-Seeking-Arrangements&p=2845741#post2845741[/URL].
Part 6 (Barcelona. Continued): [URL]http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/forum/showthread.php?4144-Seeking-Arrangements&p=2848081#post2848081[/URL].
Part 7 (Barcelona. The end): [URL]http://www.internationalsexguide.nl/forum/showthread.php?4144-Seeking-Arrangements&p=2849730&viewfull=1#post2849730[/URL].
[B]Prep for Amsterdam trip with a sugar babe[/B]
As I said in my last post, Even though I was enjoying a lot in Barcelona, I decided to spend a few days in Amsterdam since I had never been there and my flight to the US was from there. I checked SA, but the scene in Amsterdam didn't look as promising as Spain and I also wanted to experience [I]traveling with a sugar babe[/I]. I had posted on this forum a couple of times to ask for advice and got the following:
- Never book tickets / hotel for someone you have never met.
- If possible, fly out together from the same city, so that she cannot flake or ditch you at the last moment.
- Given that travel involves a lot more expenses, at most, offer a [I]small[/I] daily allowance.
I would have gone with Naz (from Part 4), but we had already broken up. And although we were now patching up a bit (since I visited her a few times in hospital), she was not well and would not be able to travel anyways. By the time I had a few repeat dates with Lisa (from Part 7), I had already made plans with someone else (I wish I had met Lisa earlier! That someone else was [B]Monica[/B], the girl I met last in Madrid (from Part 3) and with whom I had two dates. She seemed fun, liked to drink / party, I [I]vibed[/I] with her and she also felt like a safe option in terms of someone who wouldn't flake or wouldn't go crazy on me.
So I proposed this plan to her and she said yes. I wanted to talk over the phone to make sure everything was clear, and it took us a while to finally connect (mainly because I was busy with other girls). Finally we talked and I laid out the plan:
- I will pay for all expenses, including flight tickets, hotel, food and anything else we do there. I wouldn? T even mind buying her tickets to museums etc when I am busy working one weekday evening.
- I would book two rooms for privacy.
- I would like to preserve my privacy, so there will be times when I may ask her to stay away from hotel reception etc. Told her that I had given her a fake name and would continue to do that.
- And since I will be spending a lot during the travel, I cannot give her the PPM amount we talked about. I can do may be 100 euros per day as an allowance.
She was a bit surprised about the privacy aspect (and my fake name) but she laughed it off in a teasing way, but I think the low daily allowance took her really by surprise. I told her if she had some other kind of allowance in mind, she can think and let me know.
Next day I confirmed that the plan was on, and then booked one way tickets for her. For this, she sent me a copy of her ID, email address etc. So interestingly, I had a copy of her ID, knew her DOB, name etc, and she didn't even know my real name! I booked one-way tickets to have leverage in case something didn't work out (round trip would have been cheaper). Also booked my tickets. I would arrive a day earlier than her and booked two rooms in the same hotel, one for a day longer (since I came earlier).
[B]Amsterdam[/B]
When I got to the Amsterdam hotel, I tried to explain to the reception that I wanted the two rooms connecting if possible, or at least side by side. This led to a lot of confusion. Overall, 5-star hotel experience in Amsterdam was much worse than in Spain (even though [I]bad service[/I] is the stereotype for Spanish people). I was getting rooms on different floors, so in the end, I had to pay a bit extra to get side by side rooms (still not connected).
Night 1 in Amsterdam, I decided to go to a well rated Piano Bar and ended up spending 4+ hours there drinking and singing with fellow music enthusiasts. Drunk people in Piano bars are a lot of fun. Hugs and kisses were flowing like booze. Haha.
Next day I went to the airport to pick up Monica. AMS is a huge mess of an airport since they have only one terminal. To meet each other, I had to share my live location with Monica.
[U]The good[/U]: Next 2-3 days we did a lot of touristy things: Heineken tour, Anne Frank tour, canal boat rides etc. We visited the red light district twice, saw two different live sex shows, went to two nightclubs, I tried weed for the third time in my life (it didn't suit me) and visited the Moco (Modern Contemporary) Museum while high. And a lot of drinking along the way. I enjoyed the city and the stay!
[U]The bad[/U]: had sex only twice in the three nights we were together and (this may be related) I didn'tt feel the connection I had felt with either Naz or Lisa. I wonder if money was the issue, or because of my privacy concerns, she became a bit aloof and started treating this as a more [I]professional[/I] relationship. She didn't open up too much for us to get close. The one time she opened up was when she was a bit drunk. I believe that if we had emotionally connected, the sex would have happened automatically.
I wouldn't go into details of the two times we had sex, but it was good and she was engaged then. I didn't push for more sex. I hate it when the girl feels forced to do it (same reason why I hate going to WGs).
[B]The End[/B]
So there you have it folks. My dating tour in full glory. It ended with a dud, but I still enjoyed the trip.
I hope I didn't bore you all with too many details, but I felt that I needed to contribute enough details for a newbie (like me) to understand what goes behind the scenes, apart from the details about sex and the girls.
I will post one final part to summarize and make some general comments / themes and my learnings.