first report from the road

This post taken from previous email.

Miranda and I have just began to get settled here in Amsterdam. The plane ride was ok until landing, when the boeing 777 began to shake like a granny on red bull. The actual landing had me wide-eyed and white-knuckled (I felt like an astronaut on re-entry) I think the flight attendant thought i was going to passout, she gave miranda the "is he alright?" look... I gave her the "if I die... I blame you!" look.The house we are borrowing is amazing and in the center of down town.We are still trying to get oriented, which may take a day or so longer. We have already had some fun adventures... Including a very confusing trip to the supermarket where nothing is in English, and nothing looks quite right ("It has to be milk... What else could it be?". We also made a trip to the local video rental store where we rented "Deuce Bigelow 2: european gigalo" which might be the worst movie ever made, but is on my "highly recommended" list. Other then that, we have been crusing around, checking out coffeeshops and discovering random things. We somehow managed to get locked out of the house... Which was all kinds of fun. Lucky I had just watched a McGuyver re-run and managed to pick the lock usuing a plant stake and a robe sash through the mail slot. The neighbors either think we are really dumb for getting locked out, or really smart for getting back inside within 10 minutes flat.The weather has been nice with a little rain, but mostly clear skies.It has not been too cold either, making our bellingham seem extreme by comparison. I will have loads of pic's in the near future. E-mail us if you have any questions. Be sure to post replies and comments.