Rock and Roll....

Just went to The Strokes concert last night, gotta say - they are awesome live, music was way more intense in person. Watching a concert in Amsterdam is also an experience in and of itself, as soon as the light went out it looked like someone had turned on a fog machine.

We just got our new car, it's a beast...the Ford Focus! Watching Nadirah park it in our sliver of a garage made me lose a few more of my remaining hairs. I don't think we'll be using it much, but it's nice having that option for when we travel now. I still remember when I first came here after college, when we thought the little cars were so hilarious!

ICK!!! Work!!

Well, it's back to the grindstone after an entirely enjoyable month off in Netherlands. As with most things in the Netherlands, our internet has taken forever so we still don't have it after 6 weeks! I just felt the intense need to share a typical dutch lunch with everyone....please enjoy.

A Dutch lunch (and this is most people, not one or two), you take 4 pieces of of dry wheat bread. First rule, there are no condiments - none at all. Then, the first two pieces are for a (read 1) slice of ham or cheese each, not both at the same time. This bread with scraps of ham is then eaten quite carefully with a fork and knife, cutting the said bread into small squares. The next piece of bread is then very lighty smeared with a paste made of egg salad (Actually quite good). Repeat small squares.

Now, we have arrived at our last piece of bread - the epic portion of our meal - desert! Remember those litttle chocolate sprinkles we use on cookies? Well, you take these and spread them carefully on the bread. The result is then of course a perfectly dry piece of bread with dry spinkles carefully spread on top. As you could surmise, the bread is then carefully cut, including the sprinkles, into small squares as mentioned earlier. And there you have it - Dutch lunch!





Did I forget the only beverage is whole milk, of which at least 2 glasses must be quaffed...no wonder everyone here is so healthy!



We love the Netherlands so far, everyone is quite nice - and the city is so beautiful. They take their time to do things, but life is quite a nice experience here. We're off to Belgium this weekend - updates soon!