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October 20, 2005

My Bob List

Bob doesn't know it yet, but I have a list of stuff for us to do. Today is the last day of his Perl conference so tomorrow is tourist time.

The List:
1. See suiker (sugar) package design exhibit at the Historical Museum. Perhaps he'll select to snooze through that one. Last night we compared our B.A. vs. B.S. degrees and came to the conclusion that I know nothing about Physics labs and he has no understanding of burning a plate for a printing press.

2. Anne Frank Huis. Like my fancy Dutch spelling? I'm still struggling to understand this language but Bob read my Dutch grammar book in 20 minutes and can now tell me how to pronounce every mixed vowel sound that exists.

3. Pancake Huis. I figured the famous pancake places would be nice and kid friendly.

4. Rijksmuseum -- per Andrej's request that I make sure Bob goes to a museum.

5. Van Gough Museum. Make Andrej really happy.

6. Filmmuseum and lunch at Cafe Vertigo in the Vondelpark. Another kid friendly activity. At this point I will score serious points with Andrej for taking Bob to 3 museums. He won't fire me when I return and I'll get a nice fat raise.

The best idea is one Andy and I schemed up today. Rent a car and drive to Bruge tomorrow and Sunday drive to the castle that Andy's college owns near the German border.

Bob can check is 43people subscription during the Perl conference and read what I have in store for him.

One more plug for Bob. He fixed my email for me. Something about two DNS servers...something gone corrupt upon cable installation. Anyway, with a little hacking in a terminal window it is fixed and I can finally, finally, finally check my email from the comfort of my own flat in Amsterdam. May it be a long time before I check my email from a public booth again.

Posted by jana at October 20, 2005 3:46 AM