The inner-workings.
This engine used a small amount of coal to power us a considerable distance. We were surprised!
Jet lag…
We realized that Netherlanders like pork and cheeses and had a number of meals which reflected this. Also, we realized that the only people who are awake in the city before 8 o’clock in the morning on a weekend are people with jet lag. Thus, finding breakfast was nearly impossible on Saturday morning. Finally a…
Six o’clock in the morning.
Eric caught this cheese carrier considering the cheese near the weigh house.
Factories and train tracks…Makes me think of Charles Sheeler, plus windmills.
To Alkmaar…
Once we had registered our destination with the baggage people we were off by train to a small city called Alkmaar. Home of the largest cheese market in the Netherlands, Alkmaar was quite cute, and the Amrath Hotel thankfully was ready for us when we arrived. Seeing the cheese market in action on Friday morning…
Still traveling…but now on the train…which works remarkably well.
To The Netherlands…
We have arrived in the Netherlands via the least direct route possible. After saying goodbye to Jen, Matt and Ruby in Los Angeles, it was off to LAX, home of Tom Bradley Terminal, which we deemed the least friendly/intersting/functional international terminal in the world, save Hyderabad. After the last of the phone calls to family…
Tom Bradley. Just in case your nicotine habit requires perfume.