I'm finally getting around to catching up on my travel blog. For some reason or other, we quit just as the travel was starting to pick up. In 2014 I was still volunteering for IEEE on the Region 5 executive board. This was Sections Congress year and the board decided to send everyone to Amsterdam. It almost broke the bank but we had a good time anyway. Judy went with me and did the sight seeing while I sat in a faceless conference room attending meetings. We and the Merediths stayed at the Citizen M hotel which John said looked like two WWII submarines welded together. He and I walked the few blocks to the conference through Beatrix Park, a gorgeous nearby park each morning, rain or shine. Some memories: Getting stuck at the airport in St Louis before even starting; an unscheduled stop in Frankfort; losing our luggage; running into Tim Ault, one of our old students from UMR; watching out for bicycles before crossing a street; riding the city buses; geocaching in Amsterdam (very fun, even in the rain). Judy managed to snag a cruise on a Costa ship through the Baltic after the conference. More on that later.
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Our home in Amsterdam: Citizen M
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HP3 arriving at Sectons Congress 2014
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