IKEA/around the town

Today a couple of us agreed to meet up and go to IKEA which is basically in a suburb around Amsterdam. We took the metro there, which honestly wasn't exactly all that nice (a bit reminiscent of the an old N train). We finally got to shopping and ended up staying there for so much longer than I had hoped (hours, hours!) Fret not, we had Swedish meatballs, and they were made the Swedish/Jersey way, so it was just like home. I got a rug, some pillows, desk organizers, and something to hang on my wall, which I guess was worth the time? Afterward I made plans with some people to go to a Blues club in Leisdsplein (a really intense touristy square) called Maloe Melo. The group consisted of Tim (whom I've mentioned before) and his two European floormates Cleo and Tibo who are sweethearts from Belgium, also Ben, a Cornell student from North Carolina who lives in my building and went to IKEA with me and others. I don't know how but we couldn't find the place and circled around until we settled at a bar that was about to close. OH! So this was the first time I ever saw a drunk thrown out of a bar--it was awesome! We still managed to get home pretty late and it was nice getting to know more Europeans, even though all of our plans didn't work out. Some random guy at the bar we were at explained where the Blues bar actually was so hopefully we'll get around to going.