After Amsterdam

Well, I sucsessfuly rang in my birthday in one of the crazies, yet most beautiful cities in the world. On Saturday morning everyone had arrived at the hotel by 11am, so we left for some sight seeing. We did a nice walking tour of the city before hitting the Heinkin brewery. It is a very interactive tour, with lots of beer stops. After the brewery, we decided to rest for a couple hours before hitting the night scene. We had a delicious Greek meal and then went to some pubs. On Sunday, everyone was moving a little slower than usual, but we had a nice breakfast and then a canal tour of Amsterdam by boat. We then had to say good bye to Matt and Jenny and headed off to the Rembrandt museum and the Van Gogh musuem for a little culture. Jon then headed back and Kaz, Yasuko, Nev and I went to a very nice Indonisian restaurant for my birthday dinner when at the end of the meal they gave me the best present by announcing their engagement. On Monday we dropped Kaz at the airport to head home and I went to Osnabrueck with Nev. It was a lovely town, and today we toured around Munster before heading to Yasuko's place in Dueseldorf. Tomorrow I am off to France. To quote a good friend "The road goes on forever and the party never ends!"