June 3, 2012
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(written on 14 February 2013)
A bit of a sad day because it was time for Andy and Colin to head home again. It's always amazing how quickly these fun visits go, whether it's me visiting them in Glasgow or them coming to see me in Amsterdam. We didn't part ways without doing some more things that they'd never done before though, so - despite the rain - we got on board an Amsterdam canal boat for a one hour tour on the Amstel, Herengracht, IJ and Oudeschans waterways. The picture shows Andy and Colin at the start of the tour while the boat was still docked. For lunch we went to Cristal, a kebab restaurant on Leidsestraat and perhaps a somewhat unorthodox choice for lunch, but the restaurant goes back a long time in Andy's visits to Amsterdam because he even went there with Paul during his first visit in 2001. It's a tradition!
In the afternoon we took a train to the airport and that's where we said our goodbyes once more. It was absolutely wonderful to see them back in Amsterdam again and to be honest I cannot wait till the next time I see them here - or anywhere. I went home alone again, and once back home watched a bit of the Diamond Jubilee pageantry on the River Thames in London. It must be said that the British capital looked even more drowned than what Amsterdam looked like today so I am hoping that will get just a bit better for when I'm there next week!
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