Hotel Het Wapen Van Enkhuizen

... which remain in great condition. In the after noon we went to an Irish festival and I met Wilma again. She does not remember too much of 1977, but we had a good time any way. The beers were going down at a cracking pace. The girls have not lost any of thier skillls in this area. But dont worry my friends I kept up the Aussie spirit and matched them beer for beer. Today we ...

... proberen in ieder geval zsm te kijken wat er aan de hand is. Dus bellen we iedereen op dat we weer in het land zijn. We prepareren ons op een zeer gezellig weekend. Beetje verjaardag vieren bij E, burenetentje bij H&R, tennissen met G en Am. Belt A-point vrijdagmorgen om halftien dat de bus klaar is! Wij zijn perplex. Maar we gaan toch echt pas maandag weer op pad, het is trouwens volgens de ANWB een van de drukste vakantieweekenden, maandag is het vast iets rustiger.

... some **** to *ll her old twe*ked out dutch crony friends who seriously hung out in the common room *ll frickin d*y! We rented bikes *nd cruised *round the whole city, went to the v*n gough musseum *nd then to Vondelp*rk. Vondelp*rk is wild....it is extremely be*utiful but right *nd left there *re people just doing drugs. Hmmm wh*t else did we do...went to * cr*zy good chocol*te shop where we pretty much bought the whole store...h* h*. Went b*ck *nd *ttempted to t*ke * n ...

In the airport bar by half past 7 or there abouts, breakfast and a pint as we get ready for our trip, first stop Amsterdam. We arrive around 12pm, enought time for a dash to a coffee shop for some supplies, then to the train station to head for Belgium.

... to be sure. We managed to catch hold of one of the tour buses that took pity on us and gave us a ride for a very reduced fare. On the way back he showed us one of the highly protected seals poping his grey head out of the rough surf a little off the coast. When we returned home we dryed off and I took a hot shower and we went to the top of the road where our hostel home host was playing music that night at the local pub, Joe Mallys. There ...

... the yacht the Princess Walter, in honour of our team member missing "for fear of sea sickness". The sea sickness would have nothing to do with a big night on the town on Friday with the Rotarians of Westertoren! After passing through locks, the boat quickly moved up to 7 or so knots in the brisk wind. Each of us had turns at steering ...

... Hardly noticed the hangover. Well, at least, WE didn't. Went onto o see La Sagrada Familia, a true masterpiece (or an ode to dropping acid while designing stuff- you choose). Matt almost had the pants scared off him by a living statue; he literally screamed like a girl and had everyone, including the police, laugh at him. The day quickly turned into a culinary tour of the city as we seemed to get hungry every hour or so and there's tapas joints ...

... you (not to australia, AQIS would have a field day!). So that was fun... We walked by a few of the crafty stalls - including the chocolate one which boasted pink, orange and green chocolate blocks (strawberry, mint and orange i believe!). And at the end we got our free gift of a packet of bulbs (donated to Oma as she will soon be rebuilding her garden for summer!) So that was fun! We drove off to Medemblik where the bakkerijmuseum resides - a museum dedicated to ...

... up this morning for them, and mum and dad had already mailed a blouse over with the christmas parcel! Just tried Oma's appeltaart... mmmm... best I've ever had! Lets wait for the rest of the family... It's a reunion! *0* Well the rest of the family came in: Peter and Agaath, Jose's father, Jurjen, Eveline, Ron, Jose, Olaf, Oma, Opa and myself of course. It's strange, on a family member's birthday your friends and relatives also wish you ...

... we quickly had some dinner (the best ertwensoep - pea soup - with rookworst that I have ever had!) and i got to meet Jose's brother Albert - so that was nice. Agaath and Peter were just as i remembered - agaath is tremendously accomplished. The socks she knitted! I could not believe it! She makes my grandfather and Olaf socks.... amazing! Well, we were in a bit of a hurry to leave alkmaar - so we had to leave quickly to drop Olaf off at archery!