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Sarah and Leslie, in front of a flower shop, in front of the Alps. On the way to the grocery store. - scan0004
Sarah and I by the pool at the hostel. We spent four hours here on Saturday, slathering on sun screen (because we're responsible about skin care), and waiting for our rafting trip. - PICT0086
Sarah, Kacee, and Josh sit down to our last dinner--delicious salmon. - P6150032
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My very favorite--Almond Blossoms. Evidently he was very influenced by Japanese prints, and you can definitely see that in this painting. - 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. - PICT0104
Outdoor market we stumbled upon. - PICT0072
Deciding she'd rather have fresh armpits than her dignity, Sarah applies some deodorant in the park while Gary watches, bemused. - PICT0060
We went on a long ride (well, long for us non-cyclists) through the Dutch countryside. We stopped for a photo-op with the sheep. It also features the perfectly aligned trees that mark most of the fields I saw in France, Belgium, and Holland. - PICT0057
Sarah and Kacee with bikes! (EVERYONE rides a bike in Amsterdam. Usually a heavy, old one with a squishy seat and peddle brakes.) - PICT0074
The group. We didn't move for 6 hours. Except for very exciting trips to the bathroom. - PICT0112
Sarah with flutes! (Her legacy from the band days.) - PICT0092
In our sleeper compartment, Sarah consults Let's Go, our bible, while some Lake Highlands kid looks on. - PICT0070
I reunited with Sarah and Kacee, who found some nice frat boys from Georgia to hang out in the big park with us. - PICT0113
I'm sure this statue signifies something deep about risk-taking or something, but to me he looked disturbingly like a memorial to suicide jumpers. - PICT0071
Bikes, trees, sunlight (informative caption) - PICT0073
The people watching in Amsterdam was world-class. We liked our neighbor picnickers--the gay skinheads. - scan0025
One of my favorites--Irises. - P6150031
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Same place. - PICT0097
Or a catfish. Catfish are cool. - PICT0061
We were riding out to see a (humble, Dutch) castle, but it was closed. So we just stopped for a cola in a pretty little town. - PICT0081
Rembradt's Nightwatch, probably the most famous in the museum. - PICT0054
Another, featuring the canal more prominently. This was just outside the Anne Frank House. - IMG 2881
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Leslie, still on zero hours of sleep, in front of the Seine, Notre Dame, etc. - PICT0065
Beautiful architecture, I thought. - 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. - PICT0105
Pole in the center of the market: another example of why I don't like the German aesthetic.