• I have a library card. At a cafe I can order beer, and ask for the check. I can tell the cab driver that the weather is nice tonight, and although I might not be able to make out what he says in response.

• Nina and I went to an Escher exhibit at The Kunsthal in Rotterdam and I hope to go back soon to see the Dorothea Lange photography exhibit.

• Many people have invited the two of us to dinner, and we have had a very good time.

• Force Elektro is the local Ultimate team and they have been gracious in letting me practice and play with them.

You can use it to describe the weather, beer, food, or your latest trip to Amsterdam. Hence the mashed potato and greens that make up stampot are lekker, especially when the weather is not.

And everyone wants their product to be lekker, or to use the superlative, the lekkerste. Hence you have the lekkertse cake, the lekkerste bakery, and the lekkerste vacations.

Last night, Nina and I were in Amsterdam with Vlad Vas'ko to pass the time during his flight layover. There just happened to be a small carnival in the Dam square, so we rode on the Ferris wheel. Unlike the one in Navy pier, Chicago, this Ferris wheel had no plastic on the gondolas and allowed unhindered access to the city vista and the cool breeze over the rooftops.

We had an excellent view of the Central Station, the National Monument, and the National Gallery, all illuminated against the purple cloak of night.

That ride came after dinner and before beer at small cafe. It was lekker.

And in case you were wondering, I'd guess I'd have to say that the hookers are better looking at 10 pm on a Thursday night than they are at noon on a Tuesday.

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