10 July - Amsterdam

We met Claire this morning on the Rembrant Plein (Rembrant Square), then walked over to the Van Gogh Museum. It was a really nice day, plenty of sunshine, people were out walking or cycling around. The Van Gogh Museum is a fantastic place; a very modern looking museum with some of the more famous paintings, including some Irises and Sunflowers, and of course a whole host of great drawings which Robby enjoyed.

We walked back up to Rembrandt Plein and met Bill Miller, Claire and Lynne's advisor at UNC, and went out for a nice lunch at a nearby cafe, overlooking a gorgeous waterway. We then walked with Claire up to the Centraal Station and said goodbye to Claire (until next weekend, that is!). We then took the Tram 4 all the way down to the RAI Center where Bill and Lynne checked in and went to the opening talks. Robby checked email and wrote on this blog at the free internet kiosks, then went to the hotel to change.

There was a reception at the RAI later, Robby met Lynne and Bill, and Alia and Kim (other students from UNC) and we all went out for a Reistoffel, a delicious and spicy indonesian meal of lots of little plates of food and rice that you can pick and choose from. We were stuffed! We said goodnight around 1am and slept very well.


Hotel Prinsenhof
Prinsengracht 810
1017 JL Amsterdam
Tel +31- 20- 6231772
Fax 6383368

List of things to check out: Concerto Records in Amsterdam... any Dutch Garage/Dutch Beet?

Clubs.
Paradiso, where we hope to see a show or two.
Panama nightclub
Melkweg