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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. - IMG 1801
Mike sets up the bloody mary bar. - IMG 1802
Lisa makes breakfast on Saturday. - IMG 1803
satisfied breakfast-eaters - IMG 1805
that bloody mary bar - IMG 1806
Michael clearly hates playing dolls with Lyla. - IMG 1807
Miles gets sunscreened. - IMG 1809
view from the porch - IMG 1810
Matt and Cameron in the blue shade of the tarp - IMG 1811
Bryan and Leslie, ditto - IMG 1812
honing castle-building skills for the next day's competition - IMG 1813
Miles and Eric - IMG 1814
Marc builds the Colosseum. - IMG 1816
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Lisa and Lyla at sea - IMG 1822
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a very effective shade structure - IMG 1824
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off to see the competition castles