Amsterdam

I spent Saturday in Amsterdam as a tourist.  After getting to my hotel, showering, and trying to wake up, I made it downtown around 10.  Went to the Van Gogh museum and the I Amsterdam letters.  Then had lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe.  Then I hit up the Heineken Experience followed by a canal tour of the city.  Then a walk through the Red Light District, dinner, then the Sexmuseum. 

I had a great time.  I don't know if I would go back since I've seen a lot of it, but it was fun.  People were friendly and they were rather welcoming to foreign visitors.

Now it's back to the grind.

Mission accomplished

Well, we finished what we set out to do here.  We installed the system and it works.  People are using it.  I'm happy.  I'm ready to go home.

One more day and I get a nice relaxing day in Amsterdam to play tourist.

Halfway around the world to run into somebody I know

I made it to Qatar last night and have been here working for the last day.  Tonight at dinner I was sitting with my colleagues and saw a guy with a name tag and face that looked rather familiar.  I did a double take and decided to go ask him if he went to Embry-Riddle and graduated in 2002.  Turns out he was a classmate of mine!  What are the odds of running into somebody you know 7000 miles from home and not expecting it?  It was pretty freaking awesome.

Tomorrow is my busy day here.  Let's hope it goes well.

Greetings from Schipol!

Sitting here in Amsterdam's Schipol airport waiting for my next flight.  I had a 7 hour layover so I went out on the town for a few hours.  It was cold - around 25 degrees.  Went to the Anne Frank House, which was really amazing.  It was really freaky and really fun at the same time.  It's really sad to think that people can be so mean as to force somebody from their home, never to see it again.  It's kind of a drag.

I don't get to my final destination until late tonight.  I am going to be exhausted.