Amstersmash with the EY Boys!

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So I thought Salzburg was going to be my final destination, however I had promised to visit a few friends in The Netherlands all year and realised I'd never followed it through…

In 2004, Amsterdam was my final European destination and coincidentally, it is yet again. My friend Tristan (whom I used to work with at Ernst and Young) had relocated earlier in the year to Holland, also a guy I met at a friends house in Sydney over New Years 06/07, Lars, who also lived in Holland - and it was these two lovely gents that I had promised to visit.

The Grasshopper...

Another friend, Julius, also ex-Ernst and Young had only just arrived in London a few weeks before, so we thought it would be a great idea to venture out to visit Tristan and Lars... and this time... we were flying from Healthrow... not a nasty budget airline! Lovely! However the alarm going off at 5:00am wasn't lovely at all!

We arrived at Schiphol and met Tristan! He was a marvellous host, and let us stay at his apartment in Leiden - a really beautiful town. We wandered the cobblestone streets, ate Dutch cuisine and lot's of it and then headed into Amsterdam for the evening - which I cannot devulge any of the nights events aside from getting soaking wet from wandering through the red light district in the pouring rain and no umbrella.

Lars & I at Schipol Airport

The following day we went to The Hague and strolled the surrounding streets which were beautiful. Then we headed to Utrecht and saw the Dom Tower and again wandered through the pretty cobble stone streets, over many bridges, and past over a million bicycles.

It was fantastic fun! Even though we were only there for both Saturday and Sunday, we saw so much and had a fantastic time! Although I only got to spend a short amount of time with Lars at the airport, it was so good to see both the guys! Anyways… I won't ramble… but I have attached some pictures for your viewing pleasure!

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