we made it to Amsterdam with no major hang-ups aside from our biggest piece of luggage being lost. We don’t need it for now and BA assured us it should arrive soon (hopefully b/c it has most of our books and house supplies for kenya). We hope to just pick it up on the way out. we stored the other stuff we didnt need here in a big locker (big enough for me!).
On the plane we were boxed in by a grumpily hauty national post reading older man from Calgary (presumeably) whose only word to us (despite several direct questions) was “Hmmpph”. He accomplished the bulk of his communication needs to us with frowns and sighs and general body language indicating that any attempt on our part to get up and use the facilities was a direct affront to his aisle seat sovereignty.
Anyways, we wandered around town in the dark last night. It was raining initially but got quite nice around 10:30pm. At midnight Amsterdam is still bustling. Little old ladies were passing us on their bikes, markets were doing thriving business and there were people walking all over the streets. Also large piles of bikes all over the place.
Our hotel has an amazing breakfast room that is a couple hundred years old, and our cheerfully cozy little room backs out onto a nice little private garden.
yesterday we wandered around town stopping and gawking and map checking and picture taking like tourists. At least we fit in well when we pretend like we know where we are going; we will have to enjoy that while we can, it wont last much longer. we found an old orphanage with a local art display in the courtyard using the orphan's lockers as display cases.
today we slept in, toured the amsterdam zoo (where the animals are a lot less shy than we're used to) and found the proper adapters for our laptop and a sweet voltage regulator to protect our electronics.
6 comments:
Sounds like you guys are enjoying yourself. Hope you get that luggage. I love that pic of kylie in the garden, wow! you got a lot of air. That art display sounds cool and lastly, miss you guys. bye for now
awesome pics! That breakfast room in your hotel looks really cool! What is that little contraption in the display case?? Can't wait to hear about all the exciting adventures and stories.
Good to hear that you are half-way there and safe so far! I am praying for you both. Check out my blog sometime, I've got some news...
I, too, am curious about the little contraption...
:)
Good to hear you made it safely. The fancy contraption known as "the world wide web" is true. You are on the other side of the world, yet we experience your blog as though you were still in Canada. Incredible!
the object in the display case is an old old lock with keys. the orphans were each taught a trade and used these lockers to keep their tools safe.
and yes it is pretty amazing that we can sit down anywhere with wireless internet and communicate with you guys.
marc
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