Amsterdam Arrival

We arrived at our new digs, and what a nice place to have landed! Harry and Birgitt are happily ensconced in our house in Santa Cruz thanks in large part to Augie's steadfast and thoughtful assistance.

Spent our first day chasing down a haircut and doing some grocery shopping. The haircut was extremely precise and included a clipper, mini trimmer, scissors, and a straight razor. All done by a gentleman who spoke less English than I speak Arabic. We made it through in limited Dutch. On the walk back I asked a local beer shop to carry Oerbier from de Dolle in Belgium and they will call when it comes in. We spent a bit of time been planning some great cycle routes for the coming weeks/months. Also found kwakersstraat which reminded us to look for they Quaker Meeting in town.

Transportation figured in as we located Harrie and Birgitt's city bikes for using around town. We'll also be using their early 90s Volvo wagon a bit. It runs in gasoline and natural gas. Should be interesting! I'll post on those details later...

The day ended with a successful effort to get the Roku connected so that we can watch Netflix when we're too fatigued to head out on a walk around the Jordaan in the evening.

All in all a good day getting settled.Læs mere