So as we said goodbye to the Germans, their ultra high modern design, and their kick ass engineering, and leaving behind the lessons of WWII and the German war machine, we headed for a little R&R in Amsterdam. Yes, I remember Amsterdam with my friend's Steve and Rob back in the day where I was just an innocent young pup. Now, being wiser, and ha...

We are arriving here today, probably early, after a frantic night run at full speed to beat the closing of the canal to work on construction of a bridge. The whole boat raddled and squeaked all night long...not much sleep. I will fill in stops we made and finish blog when I get home and add pictures later. See you all soon. We leave boat tomorro...

Half a day in Amsterdam Just enought to walk along the main street, saw the "right" side of the street with the shops & arty stuff & the "left" side with cannabis bars & erotic clubs! What a contrast. All nice things must come to an end & my holiday ends at Amsterdam & we leave for Jakarta.

Hi everybody! It is clearly getting toward winter here now - which means not much light and a lot of gray, rainy days. It's not yet the shortest day of the year, yet the sun is coming up sometime after 8:00 and dusk arrives around 4:30. There's a good bit of rain and gray, but it's not particularly cold yet. In fact, we don't even have all of ou...