Olive Garden - photo re-taken

A visiting "subject matter expert" from Ohio showed me how to set the flash to throw the light. I was able to get one verse of the lettering from the wall in the Olive Garden. There are three of these verses across this wall. Of course, I have no idea what they say. I'll have to ask, next time we go there.

Enjoying the fruits of our labor

Team Building Exercise in Amsterdam

The IT Steering Committee (from the US) and the IT Leads cooked dinner together. This was more my kind of thing than the last team outing--go carting. Mark ( to my left) told me I was micromanaging :-), but, hey, he was much faster at chopping than me, so it was better for me to supervise! We all agreed, our dinner was pretty delicious.

From left, Doug, Mark, me, Terry.

Verses displayed in house windows

On Westmeers street, many of the windows each had a different verse of a poem taped up, so that the entire poem was complete within the length of that street. I saw different pages up when I was last in Brugge, in 2003 and was fascinated by them, then.

Per Brody Neuenschwander, this was done by Sofie Verscheure, of Symposion. I'm studying Dutch and am far from literate, but this is my rough translation:
"What your hand touches, it is blessed." I'm doublechecking with one of my Dutch colleagues.

La Rose

Love that script

Tea House

Per Brody Neuenschwanderm, this letter is done by Sofie Verscheure who runs Symposion, a wonderful calligraphy center on Oostmeers. I bought LOTs of greeting cards there. When I go for another visit, I'll have to stop in the shop again and let her know how much I admire her lettering.

I had lunch in this restaurant on Sunday afternoon, before catching the train back to Leiden. Salmon and shrimp quiche and Viennese Warm Chocolate to drink. MMMM.

Display in Christofle Bouden's store window

Very colorful stone work.