Day 1 from Cindy's perspective

So Arika said that I can post too on the trip - so here are my thougts on day 1 now that I have had a little sleep.

To add to the hilarity of the flight, when you got on the plane, the airline's theme song is a distortion of "Tubular Bells" which is the theme song to the Exorcist. A bit disconcerting I must say. Especially when I heard the unearthly scream curdling from the back of the plane. We thougth it to be of a human child, but we're both not sure. As for "Waitress" - Keri Russell should not be allowed to act as this performance was horrendous and an embarrassment to the profession. Her SAG card must be revoked immediately!

I tried to sleep but could not - till I passed out in the room.

Getting the car was a bit of a drama because we rented off lot at the airport. But we finally got it and as a result of us needing an automatic we got a Mercedes. Nice. Unfortunately the car is in German and cannot be transleted by any of our resources. I am I am glad that we brought the gps, as this one that coms with the car in German. Yikes! Yes we would have been screwed. Does anyone know if the toggle switch on the gear shift should be on C or S. Have no clue what this is for and fear it is important? The car does not like to go slow and neither do the Germans, as I was going 160KM and they were passing me like I was standing still.

We determined that Germany looks like Greensboro, NC and Holland looks like Long Island, except for the giant windmills - which were cool.

There are so many bikes here in Amsterdam, it is like a traffic jam, and these riders are ruthless both day and night. They want to kill you if you are on foot or even if you are in a car. The temperature is great.

Foggy this morning. Last night we had crepes and these really awesome little batter cakes that were cross between Belgium waffles and beignets. Yum! Well, that's it for now.