America!

The Amsterdam meet on Saturday was fantastic: Met Helene at Leiden (we went to Leiden with Katinka to meet Emma, as we had to drop our bags off there... staying the night), then headed into Amsterdam and met Frank shortly afterwards.
After deciding that Sjoerd wasn't going to show, we headed off to Frank's hotel, then caught the tram to the Vondelpark.

Spent a really nice afternoon in the sun, ate, chatted, played some football, took some photos, etc :D
The went to the Leidesplein (Beer Plaza :D) for a drink, then tried to find a restaurant for a meal. The first one we went into sucked (the lady was all haughty, and put her nose up when we said we wanted water to drink, and only wanted a main course instead of a three course menu), so we found another place, which did pasta, where everyone was friendly. Had a good time.... I told people the Black Ping-Pong Ball Joke ;D

After that, we wandered towards and though the Red Light District, (and bought Kim somthing ;D), then found another beer place, had another drink, then headed for the train station, whilst Frank headed for his hotel.


Yesterday we spent looking around Leiden, which was really beautiful. Like many cities in the Netherlands, it is riddled with canals, and it was all very nice. Then, in the evening, Jennifer and I went to Helene's house to eat (feta cheese with honey and pinenuts in filo pastry, mmmMMMMMMMMmmmm!), and we also had fun with her webcam thing.

Now, it's time to leave to catch a bus to catch a train to catch a plane...

...TO AMERICA!