Mary Anne loves to pick things up in airport shops before we fly anywhere, and since we it was going to be a long flight, she bought one of those neck pillows while still in LEX. My platinum status on Delta was good enough to get us in business class on the way over (the seats really do go all the way flat!), but MA still thought the pillow was a great asset. Stay tuned, the pillow will reappear later.
We spent 5 days in Amsterdam and then did a side trip to Paris. We did all the classic tourist things and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
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| Carriage driver |
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| Carriage ride |
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| The big clock from inside Musee D'Orsay |
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| Outside Musee D'Orsay |
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| Tour boat ride on the Seine |
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| Notre Dame |
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| Eiffel Tower |
But, our favorite part of the trip was our last night in Amsterdam. One of Eleanor's friends had a boat. Eleanor and I went to a market and bought all sorts of picnic goodies. The craft was even outfitted with a table in the middle, with wine bottle holders and cup holders. We saw all of the old city, and with much more enjoyable commentary than a commercial tour could have had. At one point, some of the young uns even took a dip in the canal. As a creek swimmer myself, I couldn't really say anything, but did decline to join them.
As the wonderful night was drawing to a close, we were all gathering belongings and getting them off of the boat. MA had brought the aforementioned neck pillow to soften the wooden bench seat on the boat. She had sat on it all night, but when she handed it up to me, we didn't make the transfer. Into the canal went the treasure. Everyone was reaching for it and trying to get it. Especially when it floated to the other side of the dock, we had folks stretching pretty hard. No one but Eleanor and I seemed to realize that once it had been in that water, it was not going around herself's neck. We finally convinced everyone that it was time to move on.
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| This pillow is dead to Mary Anne |
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