Bon Voyage

Today Em and I left for Vistabreak - a 30 day whirlwind tour around Europe. Our first destination is Amsterdam. I surprised Em by having a limousine pick us up at our house to take us to the Airport. On the way there, in the limo I got down on a knee, and after over 4 years of dating, proposed. I'm sure Em would say finally proposed. She reluctantly accepted. That is her wearing the ring in the picture. Our limo driver, Joe, stopped at this spot along Memorial drive and took some pictures of us while we sipped champaign. I can't post those pictures quite yet - need to get another wire to connect Em's camera.

At the airport everything went very smoothly. We spent the time calling people to tell them the news and eventually the plane boarded on time. We took British Airways - which is a great airline by the way. After watching a few movies, we landed in London Heathrow, a very modern airport, to catch our connection to Amsterdam. Once arriving in Amsterdam we had to fight through some long lines to get a train ticket, but after 2 flights, a train ride, and a long walk with our luggage we at long last arrived at our hotel room in Amsterdam. After being up for about 24 hours, both Em and I were grateful that we could check in early. We caught a few hours of sleep and our now getting ready to head to dinner and checkout Amsterdam's famed red light district (giggity). Being that we are in Amsterdam, my plan is to have a Heineken, then an Amstel, then repeat the process many times.

Things forgotten:

• Jackets (it's pretty cold here in Amsterdam)
• All of our tourist guide books - guess we will have to go it along. As Bill O'Reilly would say, "F*@# it - we'll do it live!"
• Wire to download pictures to camera