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Amsterdam

June 2

Bye Bye,Rotterdam! Hello, Amsterdam! And we're off – minus Cee's beautiful wide brimmed hat, lost somewhere between the train station and the deep blue sea. All that was left as we boarded the train was the hat band dangling from her carabiner.

(Here pictured: one, great, ex-hat.)

After a quick train trip @ 180 km/hr (about 110 mph!) we arrived at Schipol, Amsterdam's airport where we could stow our luggage while we explored Amsterdam. Our conductor told us that new trains which would be available later this year or next would go 300 km/hr (186 mph) We had about 4 hours to wander the streets, visit the Rijksmuseum, and get something to eat. Everything was crowded & electric. The museum had famous paintings by Rembrandt & other flemish & dutch painters that were beautiful & nice to see in person. We stopped in a busy little deli-type restaurant right in the thick of things & I had the best sandwich I've ever eaten: steak & blue cheese. Yummi. Cee had a smoked chicken sandwich which was also excellent.

Then back to the airport by train & on to Warsaw to meet up with Bee at our gate to Krakow.

Bee seems to talk easily with people & sure enough when we arrived she was talking with a young man who was the lighting technician for Crystal Castle, a band which was performing in Krakow the following evening. Bee & Cee were invited to attend the concert.

Bee looked great, very cute in her dress (“from Paris”) & scarf (“from Paris”), chandelier earrings (yup, “from Paris”) & trench coat (or is it, “french” coat?). Life in Europe seems to have agreed with her.