Work, play and visitors…

So it has been another couple of months and things are still going great in Amsterdam.

Since May we have had a lot happen so I’m not sure where to start. Amanda (Kindra’s sister) game to visit in early June. Kindra and Amanda had EuroRail passes through Amanda’s work and were able to take a great vacation through Switzerland and Italy. Timing worked out well as their trip happened to fall at the same time that I was in Barcelona for a week of work.

Barcelona is an amazing city. In addition to having a ton of great things to see and do there are fantastic beaches 5 minutes from the middle of town. Over the week we were able to get a couple of days to tool around the city. One at the beginning of the trip when the director we were working with got food poisoning and one at the end before we left. I ended up touring the Sagrada Familia which is also know as the Goudi or Bacelona Cathedral. It’s pretty amazing as it has been under construction since 1880 and still continues… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Familia

After Barcelona and Italy we had a visit from Scott and Megan (friends from college). They were here for a weekend and are returning for a couple of more nights after a two weeks in France.

Another very exciting aspect of life over here has been the World Cup. It was really great to be in Europe for this. Everywhere people are going Bananas for their country. Kindra, Megan, Scott and I watched Holland lose to Portugal in a local Dutchy bar. They were going crazy during the game and after Holland lost they were miserable.

I was also lucky enough to get over to Germany for a couple of games. I got tickets to the USA vs. Ghana game in Nuremburg through work and then got tickets for the France vs. Brazil game in Frankfurt from Ben. It was great getting to see the US play but the France vs. Brazil was truly amazing to watch.


Ben was over here for a little over a week. The first part of his trip he was traveling all over Germany with a couple of his friends, Mike and Chris. After a couple World Cup games, including Italy vs. Germany, they came over to Amsterdam for a couple of days. We had a great time cruising around Amsterdam and were able to get a game of golf in on Ben’s last day here. Great trip.

Well, that’s the short as sweet version. Check out the pics if you get a chance and we hope to see you all soon.

LINK TO SPAIN, VISITS AND WORLD CUP PHOTOS

LINK TO KINDRA AND AMANDA TRIP PHOTOS

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