Spent the last week in the Netherlands for work. Some thoughts:
- It’s somewhat surreal being driven everywhere in a Mercedes taxis.
- My spiritual mentor is my spiritual mentor, in part, because he has the conviction to watch girly movies despite all of his friends ribbing him about it.
- How have I missed:
- The Amsterdam Historic Museum
- The Oudekirk
- The fact that the Oudekirk is dedicated to St-Nicolaas.
- Saw a Dutch painting from 1655 shows guardsmen squeezing lemon on raw oysters. 350 year-old foodies.
- Saw Sinterklaus and Svart Peter (I probably have the spelling wrong, and would rather tell you so than look it up on google… it’s that kind of night).
- Sailors / explorers must have been absolutely insane to make some of the journeys of discovery that they did.
- My favourite chocolate shop in the world is no more… out of business. Sadness.
- Last week was probably the worst week of sleep I’ve ever had. At least with Alex, I expected not to sleep. Somehow, I did everything right (hydrated, cut down on caffeine, tired myself out, etc.) and still didn’t sleep well at all.
It’s December… our social calendar is getting over-packed.