After breakfast, we spent the day walking the city. On one street there was amazing grafitti. There’s a tram service that runs all over the city. Public transit is so extensive here that Camiel and Layda don’t even need a car; neither do we. We had a nice Dutch lunch of pickled herring. And then … Continue reading
Last night we walked around in the Red Light District. The red lights outside the storefronts signify that the location is a bordello, that is, prostitutes are for sale. This morning we had coffee at a sidewalk café and Dale noticed that across the street was a storefront that had green lights out front. Guess … Continue reading
We landed at 5:30 a.m. and took the train to Amsterdam Central where Camiel met us and walked us to his apartment. We visited for a couple hours, then took a nap while Camiel left for the airport and our house. We woke around 3:00 p.m. And walked the city and got something to eat … Continue reading
It was a releatively sleepless flight across the Atlantic and we were sitting in the middle two seats of the big jet. The young woman sitting next to me was quiet and seemed to want her privacy, but we talked a bit in the morning before landing at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. She was on … Continue reading
Two days of driving and we’re back in Florida now. Branson didn’t appeal to us – a little too country & western, so we just kept driving. We’re in Pensacola and decided to splurge on the hotel. Here’s the view from our bed. We should be in Gainesville tonight. We’ll be driving along the Gulf … Continue reading
We spent all day yesterday driving across Nebraska and Kansas, ending the day in Kansas City, Missouri. There is a LOT of corn here … miles and miles of it. Here’s Dale out standing in her field of corn: The ground is really dry here. No surprise, given that it has been 105° F – … Continue reading
We had a nice visit with Trevor. He is a great camp counselor, always making sure that his kids have a fun and memorable time. Here we are with Trev at Camp Chief Ouray at the YMCA: The YMCA property is huge and Camp Ouray takes up just a small part of it. Here’s Camp … Continue reading
We had a nice day with Trevor yesterday and he was able to get us a complimentary stay at the hotel here at the YMCA’s Snow Ranch facility near Winter Park, Colorado. It was great to see this part of Colorado in the summer, having just skied here this past Christmas. Trevor is a camp … Continue reading
We finished yesterday by waiting for the slowest moving train in the world to go by, after which we had dinner and stayed at a motel in the absolute middle of nowhere, Kansas. We got up early this morning. Really early. The moon was still up when we left Kansas. Anyway, we made it to … Continue reading
We had quite a busy day today. We awoke in Mississippi, having driven there from near Tallahassee, Florida, where we had spent the night before. This was going to be a long driving day on our trip out to Colorado to take the Jeep to Trevor. We drove through six states today: Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, … Continue reading
…and that’s just what we did! Most of the day. But first we had to get bagels and coffee near the hotel where we had window seats on a funny encounter between a street sweeper and a plastic ribbon. This guy had a broom and a dust pan on the end of a pole and … Continue reading
…not Saturday Night Live, it’s Dale’s Birthday! We spent the morning walking around Central Park. The Boathouse and the Writer’s Walk are beautiful. We had hoped to catch street performers near the Boathouse, but we are apparently earlier risers than they are. Except for three guys singing a capella under a bridge. Next, we went … Continue reading
What a busy day! We flew into Laguardia Airport and landed around 2:00, then took the shuttle bus into Manhattan and checked into the Hilton near Times Square. By 3:00 we were out on the street. First stop was the nearest deli for a pastrami on rye. Mmmmmmm. Nourished, we headed for Times Square where … Continue reading
The Road Less Traveled 