Let The Blogging Begin….

Made it home safe and sound today and couldn’t wait to get some pics up…..was out of touch with the internet world for some time due to the fact that the friend I was staying with moved… Let’s see, what was I been up to… Jill and I had quite the routine established… we did the morning thing of breakfast, Lennox would have her nap and we would hang out, maybe play some cards or do one of jill’s craft projects, which always freaked me out but seemed to turn out fine… then we would head out for a coffee and a walk… we hit up the same coffee place everyday - Bagels and Beans - it has delicious coffee and muffins… we were such loyal customers that one day they gave us drinks on the house… nice touch.

The afternoon usually entails browsing in stores while Lennox falls asleep and then another walk.  Ensued by dinner, bathtime, bedtime for Lennox… then our dinner and a movie.  It is simple, yet satisfying.  

Jill and I took a little day trip down to Amsterdam last weekend.  It is a great city - easy to walk everywhere you need to go, or just take a tram… and beautiful.  We walked through the red light district… quite the sites… I felt like I was in a movie, it didn’t really feel real… until Jill and I saw a guy actually walk into one of the rooms… haha…  Speaking of men…that is all you see there… just large groups of men everywhere… there are even this toilet things set up for them all along the canals… that just mad me thing of where all of that is going… yuck.  This picture is a bit blurry, but you can still see them.

It was a gorgeous day and I managed to take quite a few pics… here is just a little taste of them: (click on them to see full size)

Although I didn’t venture outside the confines of this country, I am quite content with that. I know I will back over to Europe at some point in my life and I will take in the sites, sounds and tastes of other places then…. this trip was all about the people and keeping it simple - and I did just that.