Julie's in the Dam

Picture Coming Soon (Tweedies)

We have had another visitor from Portland. Aunt Julie has made it to Amsterdam. Amy and I give her all the credit in the world. She was on a work trip in New York and was to fly back to Portland for the weekend and then to Chicago the next week. She decided that a 7-hour flight to Amsterdam wasn't any worse than a 6-hour flight back to Portland and made a last second reservation. That is what I love about her. She is always up for anything and doesn't let a little ocean get in the way.

I don't have any pictures of Julie's time in Amsterdam because we were having so much fun that we would forget to pull out the camera. I could photoshop her into a few but that wouldn't be any fun. Julie, you will have to come back. Next time a bit more time and we will go get some chocolate in Belgium!!!

Julie took to Amsterdam better than anyone I have met. At about 10:00pm one night I looked at her and said do you want to go out and ride to Tweedies? It is a local coffee bar by our house. She said yes but little did she know that she was going on a two-hour tour of the city with me before we would go. Most people are intimidated by riding here, but not her. She even had the added challenge of night time riding, NO BELL, and the bike was set up for Amy (small). She swore I was out to kill her by putting her on a bike without a bell. In two hours we were able to see the Pipe, Central, Rembrandts Square, The Port of Amsterdam, The Jordan, The Old South, and two of the other Red light districts that are not the tourist attractions that the one in the central is. We ended up stopping for a beer and then came home. No Tweedies. Sorry Julie. I put a picture of it on this so you can see what you missed. Just remember the porch. Much safer!!! The following day we went to dinner at a friends and Julie agreed to ride with me to get burritos. This time she was on the spare bike set up for her. What a difference it made. About 2/3 the way there she rides up along side of me and says "Are you for real? There isn't a Mexican joint closer?" I had to laugh and say it is only a 10 min ride to the place. Yes Julie, everything in 10 min here. By the way, there is a Mexican joint by Liedseplein (where we had beers) that is great. That is only a 2 min ride. SORRY.

Julie, we loved having you here and it makes us realize how good of friends we have in Portland and how much we miss all of you. I can't wait to have you back here. Next time you are taking us to Paris and showing us all your old hangouts!!