Conservatives In A Liberal Land.... pt. 4

Wednesday, noon again! Dolly and John went to meet someone that a colleague of Dolly's knows, and after Radhika and I met them at The Anne Frank House. That is a pretty cool experience, and gives a better understanding of what it must've been like to hide in such small quarters for that long a period of time. This was our first visit there, and I would recommend it to visitors. Seeing as how we were in our old neighborhood, we walked to where our first apartment was in the Jordaan. It was nice to see the trees on our old street starting to "green up". We took the tram from there back to the stop at Leidseplein, and walked home from there. I made a nice dinner, typical of what our meals are here, and then we decided to hit the streets one last time. It was somewhere between sprinkling and misting outside, but a coffee shop experience was in order. We went into one at Leidseplein, sat down, received no service, we were unimpressed, so we left. We walked towards Rokin, going into another coffee shop but there was no place to sit as people were in from the rain and it wasn't too large anyway. We passed several before we ended up in one near the red light district. It was nice, small, local not touristy. A football game was on the TV, several young ladies were at a table beside us, and a couple at a table near the window. Perhaps 2 people were seated at the bar, where a man with very long dreads and a Jamaican look was stationed. He came over, and in the mellowest of voices asked us how he could be of service. We placed our order, and enjoyed our refreshments. After a spell, we walked through the area on our way back to the apartment. The "B" team was most definitely on duty tonight, what with it being Wednesday night and very few people on the street. We managed to get home in one piece without anyone diving into a canal. Not such a late night, I would have to say 10pm we were back in the apartment. I had a couple of cookies, Radhika looked into the pantry and fridge 6 or 7 times each, never wandering more then 2 feet from where most of the food is stored, and Dolly made an egg sandwich for herself and Radhika. We all went to bed at the same time, with everyone easily getting a good nights sleep, with the exception of John, who said his eyes were wide open for a while before finally drifting off.

Thursday morning came, with Dolly and John going to the Van Gogh museum around opening time, 10am. Some felt a little "fuzzy" from our coffee shop experience, but we were back to our robust selves in no time. They came back from their abbreviated visit to the museum around 11:30, as their flight for London took off at 1:50pm. We dropped Radhika off at work and then proceeded to the airport where they had plenty of time to soak in their whirlwind visit before the flight took off. Back at the apartment... it was so quiet... back to normal, cleaning after being occupied for 5 days. This place is easily the "dustiest" I have ever been in. Swiffers should be stored in every room!! Now, it's on to planning our 4 days in Berlin and 2 week trip to Scandinavia in a couple of weeks.