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December 9, 2005

Props to P13N, HHS Exchange students and Norwegian relatives

Nick is on his way from Edinburgh to visit us for the weekend. I'm excited to see another face from home. Props going out to Nick and Bob from Amazon for visiting; Andrea and Henrik, the exchange students from my high school for offering up some local tours*; and to Andy's relatives in Norway for letting us crash their Christmas. It is good to know you can find friends and family around the world.

Now that I've been here long enough I feel like I can plan a good itinerary for Nick. He's going to hit the Van Gough museum tomorrow while we return to the Hard Rock Cafe for another holiday celebration, Santa photos and brunch! I'm hoping he'll want to see Rembrandt's House with me tomorrow and then hit one of the ancient cafes browned from centuries of smoke (hmm, maybe that doesn't sound as appealing as it should.) Tomorrow night I'm thinking dinner and a bike ride in the Jordaan before we attend a cocktail party at my Italian friend's home. Sunday I thought we'd roam the Begijnhof and the red light district for some divinity mixed with a small does of obligatory seediness.

Only 11 days left of Amsterdam and I know for sure I'll miss it. I still feel like I need to cram in so much which says a lot for how much this city and country have to offer.

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*We'll probably have to pass on Henrik's offer of taking the bridge from Norway to Sweden to see him, but we'll see what happens when we get to Norway.

Posted by jana at December 9, 2005 10:27 AM