Guus Bosman

Yesterday I visited friends in Alkmaar, Leiden and Amsterdam.

In the morning Jaap and I drove to Steven's house, and we had coffee with apple pie. Steven started his own photography business last year and showed us amazing images.

Steven brought me to the train station and I took a beautiful high-speed train to Leiden. Anouk and Rob where at the station -- she grew so much! What had not changed was her million dollar smile. Kirsten had just come home when we arrived in their apartment on the 5th floor with great views of Leiden and The Hague. We went for a walk with Pip, the dog, and had lunch together.

We drove to Amsterdam, and visited Jerry & Marjolein's new house. Beautiful! It's in the same complex where they lived before, but the new home is twice as big and with lots of natural light. Marjolein is pregnant, and the baby room was ready. After dinner we played Koehandel, which was great fun and very exciting. I hadn't played that game since we went to Centerparcs in 2004. Third place!