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As the only first-timer in Amsterdam, I occasionally set off to sight-see by myself. The next few shots are in the Van Gogh museum. - PICT0065
Beautiful architecture, I thought. - PICT0066
This was an exhibit of photographs of places where Van Gogh lived and worked. - PICT0068
A little courtyard action. - PICT0069
Okay, I just thought it was a cool building. - PICT0070
I reunited with Sarah and Kacee, who found some nice frat boys from Georgia to hang out in the big park with us. - PICT0071
Bikes, trees, sunlight (informative caption) - PICT0072
Deciding she'd rather have fresh armpits than her dignity, Sarah applies some deodorant in the park while Gary watches, bemused. - PICT0073
The people watching in Amsterdam was world-class. We liked our neighbor picnickers--the gay skinheads. - PICT0074
The group. We didn't move for 6 hours. Except for very exciting trips to the bathroom. - PICT0076
Kacee, and a statue of Mr. Vondel (of Vondel Park, where we sat all day) - PICT0077
Sarah stocks up on snacks. Mmmm, stroop wafels... - PICT0079
In the Rijksmuseum, the huge national museum. Much of it was closed to get rid of asbestos, eek, but the highlights were open. - PICT0081
Rembradt's Nightwatch, probably the most famous in the museum. - PICT0082
Main gallery. - PICT0084
Deciding I need to lighten my load, I drop four shirts and a legal pad out the window. Kacee assures me that someone will pick it up for use within 15 minutes. She's right. - PICT0086
Sarah, Kacee, and Josh sit down to our last dinner--delicious salmon. - PICT0087
I took this one in a hurry and couldn't quite capture the horror of these stairs up to Kacee's apartment--very typical in Amsterdam. Narrow, steep, and shallow. Not pretty to get bikes up and down. - PICT0092
In our sleeper compartment, Sarah consults Let's Go, our bible, while some Lake Highlands kid looks on. - PICT0094
We looked out our train window as we passed Cologne in time to see a dream-like cathedral, which i photographed badly as we passed. - PICT0095
Our train buddies--four guys from Dallas. Well, three in the picture. - PICT0096
It's 8 a.m. in Munich--what would you do? Probably take a picture with a boar statue, too. - PICT0097
Or a catfish. Catfish are cool. - PICT0098
A pretty German building of some sort, that is now being used mostly as a conference center. We wandered around inside and considered crashing some talks on personal organization. - PICT0102
Inside the pretty German building. Sarah looks out the window by some stained glass. - PICT0103
Same place. - PICT0104
Outdoor market we stumbled upon. - PICT0105
Pole in the center of the market: another example of why I don't like the German aesthetic. - PICT0106
All these big grey buildings in northern Europe had beautiful red flowers in the windows, which I thought were just lovely. - PICT0107
Me in front of the science and industry museum and some river we never quite caught the name of. Notice the garish yellow visor, bought in a moment of delerium to keep the sun off my pale little face.