We had a great time showing them around Amsterdam and heading out to a park that we had never been to called Hoge Veluwe National Park. When you get to the park you have to take one of the free bikes and ride a couple of kilometers to the Kröller-Müller Museum. The museum has a huge sculpture garden on the outside and a ton of famous Van Gogh and other works on the inside. Well worth the trip although the bikes are crap.
During the trip the group rented bikes and got around Amsterdam like proper locals. Among other places we biked to a great dinner at De Kass and up the Amstel river for some wine and a snack. It was a great visit and good to see close friends.
Two days after Nate, Kate, Ryan and Sarah took off Kindra and I went to Greece for our last 'pre-parenthood' trip (as Kindra has a 10 pound ball for a stomach she might argue that this was my last 'pre-parenthood' trip). We flew into Athens and then took a boat to the island of Mykonos.
Athens wasn't that impressive but we only spent a little over a day there. This was either the perfect amount of time or not enough time to realize the inherent beauty of the massive somewhat rundown city. If you do find yourself in Athens I would highly recommend visiting the Plaka neighborhood and checking out the Acropolis. Luckily these are right next to each other so both can be done in one day.
Once on the island of Mykonos you will be hard pressed to find anything cultural to do aside from a day trip to Delos. This lack of activity was exactly what we were looking for.
After eight amazing days on Mykonos we headed back to Athens for a night before heading back to Amsterdam. On our last night we found a great rooftop theater playing Ocean's 13. Probably not the most cultural of evening plans but we figure since we got a Starbucks before the movie we were practically natives.
Since our return to Amsterdam we had a brief visit from Jan, who helped us pick out some soon to be needed baby gear. We also had another great meal at De Kass during her visit, which if you can't tell, is our favorite restaurant in Amsterdam.
After Jan's visit Kindra and I have gotten back into work mode. I've been traveling pretty much since with a shoot in Prague, then Manchester and now Porto Alegre, Brazil, where I'm writing this from. Although being in Brazil sounds sexy it took over 24-hours of travel to get here (including the scariest landing of my life last night) and is basically monsoon-like weather conditions. Fingers crossed this clears by Wednesday or we are going to have a tricky shoot.
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