Planning

I've had a bit of a writer's block for the last month, which is rather a drag, you know? It's not that the words aren't there, it's just that I don't know how to start to really get at them. As for a topic...I spent two and a half weeks travelling around Europe with one of my best friends, so I'm not at want for a topic. Actually, the topic has bitch slapped me a few times, saying "get on with it already, man!"
I can only get at the periphery, like this:
I'm a horrible planner. I never really thought I was, but this fact has been proved to me over this trip. I think it's the pouring over details that really gets me. Anyway, it does not help if the person you are traveling with also isn't the best of planners.
We had pretty much everything accounted for during this trip, except for a hotel in Amsterdam, only one of the most popular cities in Europe. It's not like we hadn't looked in the weeks previous, but we never nailed down a place. So, the night before we were set to leave (at 6:30 am, no less), we scrambled to find a place, as there was barely anything available. Our one backup was a boat in the harbour close to the heart of the city called the Botel, but of course, due to our decisiveness, we lost our backup.
I think this might have been around 2 am.
At 3 or 4, I believe we were finally able to track something down, even though it was a bit away from the heart of the city. Still, it was all sorts of modern and hip as well as right on the tram and bus path.
Next time though, I'm planning a bit earlier.