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Virgin Galactic Space Ship
Day Trip to Stonehenge
Diversity on London Buses
Weekend in Amsterdam
Bikes and canals are everywhere in Amsterdam, so we walked along numerous canals and avoided getting run over by many bikes. I think it’s great that bicycles are a common form of transportation for all sorts of people. The architecture is fascinating to see, especially along the canals where the houses were built very skinny since taxes were paid by the canal-front property used. So you have very thin and long houses, and not always standing straight either. In addition to walking around quite a bit, we have seen the Van Gogh museum (you can see the brush strokes in his paintings), the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, the red-light district on a crowded Saturday night, and I saw the Heineken Brewery museum where you get 3 beers and a bottle opener with the entry fee.
Playing on the slides at the Tate Modern
The other day, Anne and I took the opportunity to try out the slides at the Tate Modern. They give you a cloth to sit on with a bag at the bottom for your feet to go into, which is good, because it probably helps you slide better. But our tip for those who want to slide faster (which is fun) is to only have your butt touch the slide, not your legs and back. There are some good photos of the slide on the tate.org.uk site, but here are some of us. I never knew art was so much fun!
The Adventures of Lorie and Brian Groth 