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We finally got some pictures posted. Amazing stuff.

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Oh my god, Europe is so much fun. Had a weather delay in Houston before getting into Amsterdam a few hours late. Cale made it in before me with no troubles.

It took us forever to figure out the damn train system at the AMS airport, but it was a good experience.

Spent one fun filled day in Amsterdam seeing the sites and partaking in all the city has to offer. Bought tshirts for souvenirs.

We are in Cologne Germany right now and the German keyboard is totally weird. The y is where the z is so typing requires some thought.

We saw what must be the biggest church in the world (the Dom) and climbed to the top of the mofo. We then ate real German food in a bier hall. We found some bottles of bier and a bottle of riesling to pre party at the hotel. Then we checked out the night life in the Friesen district. It is kind of a college part of town. We got totally drunk at a club called the funky chicken. The chicks here don´t seem to like Americans, oh well.

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Went fishing with Cody, Troy, Nole, and Nole’s stepson Michael in Everett. We went up last night and stayed with Nole and drank a few beers. 4:45 AM wakeup call from the charter boat noted 4 ft swells so we delayed the trip until later. While waiting for the waves to die down we toured Nole’s ship, the USS Momsen, which is pretty cool in itself.

We finally got underway around noon or so. Fished for bait (hand sized flounder) for awhile and then went after the big boys. Check out our limit catch (1 per person). Nole and I didn’t manage to hook and land one by ourselves, but everybody else did.

Cody’s young relative from Iowa sent him this dude:

He’s supposed to get photos of him in different places, so we took “Little Man” out on the town last night. Cody and I met Troy by the Hawthorne Bridge with the intent of eating at Newport Bay on the water followed by a walk around downtown. We ended up eating at a mediocre sushi place right next to it. Then our trek started. Troy wanted to check out some new parts of town. We walked up by PSU and saw some parks and fountains that we hadn’t seen (photo op for Little Man). It’s amazing what a prop like that does to break the ice with strangers. I think I’ll make one to take to Europe 🙂

So after Troy and Cody hopped a fence we found ourselves trying to get to the Ross Island bridge. It’s a really long bridge and usually out of the way for our downtown walks, but it just needed to be crossed and it was a good route back to our cars. After awhile we came across a tunnel that we figured was a safe pedestrian crossing under a major highway. It was just that, but it was also the Hobo Hilton. It was just about dark and three bums had taken up residence for the night. It’s one thing to be homeless, but it’s another to piss in your own shelter. The smell in the tunnel was amazing. Troy took the moment to remind me to send out my resume. Good idea, skid row isn’t for me.

We ended up the night at Katie O’Brien’s Bear Paw Inn shooting pool and drinking Heffeweizen with an Iowa alumnus before the mile walk back to our cars.

What’s going on with me? Well, I’m unemployed right now. It’s an interesting state to be in to say the least.

I’m going fishing with Nole, Troy, and Cody this Saturday in Everett, WA.

On Sunday my cousin Cale and I are going to Europe for three weeks. I’m pretty excited. Stay tuned for semi-daily updates and pictures.

We get back to the US on 5/30/05, then I start packing for a temporary move to Hartley, IA. I’m scheduled to leave on 6/12/05, and should roll in by 6/14/05 if all goes as planned.

Then I have a cousin’s wedding in Chicago on 6/18/05, so I’ll be taking a trip for that. Shelbe’s wedding is the following weekend. I need to visit Creighton and work on some tech stuff for him sometime as well.

That’s the current outline for a big part of my summer. Job hunting and other fun activities will also be mixed in when there is time. Let me know if you have any good opportunities in the Minneapolis area for me.