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... wash hanging on the line, animals in the field, a working old mill, fish being smoked, nets being made, carpenter work being done, lunch being cooked, etc. It was an absolutley fascinating and delightful day. At one of the homes one of the ladies even served us coffee and a biscuit (she told Hans we were a little too early for lunch or, I suppose, that would have been an option). I even ate smoked eel (tasty) and pictures ...

... started off by visiting Alkmaar and the cheese market. It was full of tourist. It is a lovely town. We then drove to Egmond aan Zee. I had to have a beer there. It was Nice to visit this place again. We then visited an old windmill and then went on to MiddemBeemster. Now this was special. The 2 Johns and I had a wonderful time there in 1977 and it was great to see where we ...

... en een matje bij zich had zodat hij niets vies zou maken... W gaat dus toch maar eens om de hoek kijken of hij nog een spoor van ons busje kan vinden en T installeert zich aan het eind van de parkeerplaats op de grond tegen een lantaarnpaal. Zonnetje schijnt, sigaretje, wie doet haar wat? W komt terug met twee snickers en géén nieuws, en zijgt naast T op de grond. We kauwen net de laatste hapjes als de receptiemeneer aan komt lopen. Hij is duidelijk geheel ontdaan ...

... w*tch, Genev* h*s * gn*rly eye infection, *nd j*imies filling on her front tooth fell out l*st nigh....LOL...h* h* h* *h....sounds like we *re f*lling *p*rt huh...BUT we *re nonetheless h*ving * gre*t time *nd m*shing *round SUPER HARD. Sooo...here is *msterd*m. D*y 1 We left P*ris *t 5:30*m *nd took the euror*il for *bout 5 hours to *msterd*m. Amsterd*m is * trip, home to weed, sex, prostitutes *nd str*ight up shen*****ns! We checked into our hostel type hotel *nd this ...

... was neat. We went to this flower market which was pretty and wandered the streets. I was at first disappointed with the Red Light District, I only saw sex shops and smoking coffeehouses, but then, we walked back into this church courtyard and I saw one lady in a window and then we found all these alleys where the öadies were standing in thr doorway windows waiting for customers. Vastly different from the US ...

... on Saturday, and to everyone's surprise we found that Carla's sister lives less than 200yards from Meghan and I - quite a small world indeed ! It was great to see Chris, whom we hadn't seen since our wedding in 2004. There's nothing like hanging witha few Sicilians to spice up the conversation for a few days. Until next time ......

... better than i did, anyway). Suddenly a horn blew behind us; turned around to find a street sweeping trucklet behind us asking us what we were looking for(oh god, i looked like a tourist!!!!). Knowing the place, the kind cleaning guy offered to drop us both off there. So the happy hooker and I hop in and the guy drops us off at the hotel. Well, me anyway. Don't really know where he and my recently gained amiga went to afterwards, was too busy trying to ...

Tonight, I fly out of the Netherlands for home... ... I slept terribly last night, not sure if it was from the jitters of trying to stuff as much as possible in my backpack, or from eating too much, or from eating too much greasy food, or sugar, or not enough exercise, or maybe I'm getting sick - but perhaps I shouldn't over-analyse these things! Got up a bit later than normal (8.10 - 10 minutes later than normal... ooooh, naughty!) and came down for my last ...

... you could imagine. But it was such a fascinating museum! Even the building was interesting - huge wooden beams, creaky floorboards, small winding staircases... well worth a visit i think! We finished the museum with "cup-a-soup" and coffee. Then wandered off down the shopping streets. I finally found the tablecloth(s) I wanted for Oma's birthday! A dark blue one and a caramel, green and brick red one with a farm print (it sounds awful, but its really really nice ...

Popped over to Ron and Jose's place in the morning, hoping to try and Skype with my parents (and the webcam!) - but they had gone AWOL it seems! So we decided to do womething productive and involving movement - Jose and Olaf had some friends who had wanted to go to the Beach at Schoorl last summer, and now was the time! There is were huge sand dunes there! Very cool! So we had fun walking amongst the woods and sand ...