Amsterdam: Boom Chicago

When I came in yesterday, I saw an ad for a nightly comedy show by a group called Boom Chicago. It started when a few college grads came over to Amsterdam and decided to quit their jobs and start up a comedy show in the vein of Second City or Whose Line Is It Anyway. The website said that tickets were sold out, but that's no reason to give up. So I took a tram down to the theatre, asked if there were any tickets left, the girl said it was completely sold out, but I persisted. "What if I hang around until show time...would there be tickets then maybe?" She goes back into her computer, looks around, and asks if it's only a single ticket I'm after. When I said yes, it's just me, she hands me over a ticket and says I better hurry up and get a seat. I sat next to and talked to an Australian woman throughout the night, who was fresh off the Great Wall Marathon in China last week (kinda gives new meaning to the term of "hitting the wall" for marathoners). We both enjoyed the show throughly, and I was able to learn a little bit about the Dutch culture. Afterwards I wandered back to the hostel, taking in the bright lights of the Amsterdam bars and canal lights. Who says a little persistence doesn't pay off?