Two Days in Tulip Town

Last weekend was all about people: Andy's parents, Pat and Laura, arrived in Brussels and the four of us took the train north to Amsterdam, where Erin met us. Right from the start we had a great surprise, as our classmate, Padmaja (aka - PR), happened to board our train in Rotterdam, on her way to the airport to see her fiance. We had a quick chat, then she was on her way. Then on Saturday, we met up with more of our classmates: Al, Kay, and Melissa. We all had dinner and drinks together.

Of course we saw plenty of other interesting people too. Including the prostitutes in the Red Light District, and the old naked guy doing acrobatics in the square (see picture below).

In additon to the people, Amsterdam had plenty of things to see. We took a canal tour through the city, toured the Van Gogh Musem, and shopped the Flower Market. We attempted to take a tour of the Heineken Brewery, but it was closed for renovations - instead we had our own Heineken tour (and Amstel) at every pub/cafe we went to. We also witnessed a coulple of firsts: a cannibus menu at the coffee shop and outdoor urinals. Very interesting.

Overall it was a great weekend. We had fun hanging out with everyone and the weather was absolutely amazing - mid 70's and sunny both days!

This weekend Andy and his parents are heading to Germany and Ryan & Erin are going down to Paris. Stay tuned for stories from each of our weekends...

Proost!
Andy, Erin & Ryan

Ryan, Kay, Melissa, Andy, and Al