I’m using the B&B landlord’s PC. I managed to hook up the iPod successfully (even with Dutch instructions).
The plane ride was uneventful. When we arrived in Amsterdam we found out George Bush would be visiting. There were some protests. Getting “Stop Bush” fliers handed to us by the local dissidents was a hoot.
Cynthia and I hooked up with my friend Carl and his lovely lady Suzanne. We did some sight-seeing by foot on day 1 and managed to stay awake the whole day before crashing around 7:00 pm. That meant we were awake better than 24 hours and allowed us to (mostly) overcome jet lag.
The next day we went to the Van Gogh museum. Very nice. That evening was spent with Carl and Suzanne at their place. We had a lovely dinner and if I hadn’t been overcome by a hefty sinus headache we would have been up all night engaged in wonderful discussion. As it was, the evening was still mighty fine.
Today was spent taking the train to Liden and on to the Keukenhoff to check out the Tulip festival. It was spectacular!
Tomorrow is on the Bruges Belgium for chocolate and beer. I’ll update as I can.
Tulip festival! There’s one in Holland, Michigan as well. I used to go to it a lot when I was a child. Seeing them here in fields… brought back memories.
Lovely pic of the wife!
Thanks for the update and the smile. 🙂
Tell Carl hi for me!
(Try and sneak me back a good bottle of Belgium Ale or beer)
🙂
The heck with the beer, bring back some absinthe!
Blasphemer!!!
Awww. That’s a great picture of Cynthia.
Those are some awesome pictures! Thanks for keeping us updated!
Great pictures! I just love that last one!!!!!!!! Beautiful!