Sorry for the absence. We spent last week in Amsterdam where Troy held one of his two big panel meetings of the year. And it was great! Friendly people, beautiful weather (unusual for the Netherlands in April we're told) and endless things to do and see.
While Troy toiled away with his conference, the other Monkeys went to the nicest zoo we've seen in along time, the NEMO science museum, a massive indoor play area, and all sorts of walking. Our Dutch hosts also set us up with a 90 minute canal cruise past all the famous sites: the Anne Frank house, the Opera, the skinniest house in Amsterdam (about 20 feet wide) and lots of others. On Thursday afternoon, after the conference we all went to the Keukenhof Gardens, where there are literally millions of tulips, roses, hyacinths, etc on display for 6 weeks of the year. Stunning!
An exhausting week but well worth it. Allie did a great job walking long distances without much complaint, and didn't even seem to notice the ladies in the window dressed only in their underwear as we skirted (ha!) the edge of the red light district. And Troy finally got some Indonesian and Malaysian food. Yum!
And this weekend - off to Bretagne for the 1 May holiday (French equivalent of labor day)!
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