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All these big grey buildings in northern Europe had beautiful red flowers in the windows, which I thought were just lovely. - PICT0034
When I have a home again, I want to rip off their plant style--orchids and cacti. Beautiful! - PICT0046
The market. The blue sky and 80 degree weather was very atypical. - PICT0064
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. - 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. - PICT0111
Bagpipes! (of some sort) For Cameron. - PICT0077
Sarah stocks up on snacks. Mmmm, stroop wafels... - PICT0051
Dinner. - PICT0050
Kacee buys olives, etc. - PICT0082
Main gallery. - PICT0037
After a first night of eating tapas and meeting a couple of Kacee's cool friends, we went out shopping and for a quick lunch. - PICT0116
In the one store in all of Northern Europe that carried Dr Pepper... - PICT0036
The couch on the right was my bed. - 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. - PICT0069
Okay, I just thought it was a cool building. - PICT0068
A little courtyard action. - PICT0066
This was an exhibit of photographs of places where Van Gogh lived and worked. - PICT0114
Sarah collapses in the Munich hostel. - PICT0108
Leslie and Sarah inside the museum, by a big boat. Taken by a woman who didn't know how to hold the camera still. - PICT0038
Naturally, we were distracted from grocery shopping by the Heineken brewery/museum. Here are Sarah and I by a big old copper drum for...brewing, one can only guess. - PICT0076
Kacee, and a statue of Mr. Vondel (of Vondel Park, where we sat all day) - PICT0056
You get the idea. - PICT0053
Attempt at a representative Amsterdam shot: red row buildings, bicycles, trees, the corner of a canal. - PICT0079
In the Rijksmuseum, the huge national museum. Much of it was closed to get rid of asbestos, eek, but the highlights were open. - 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. - 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. - PICT0109
Boats and planes. - PICT0105
Pole in the center of the market: another example of why I don't like the German aesthetic. - PICT0115
The view from our Munich hostel.