Dam tot Dam Loop<\/a> \u2013 “Very popular 10 mile fun-run event with tens of thousands of participants. The run takes place on Sunday 18th Sep 2011 between Prins Hendrikkade, Amsterdam and Zandam in staggered starts.”) So we watched the people coming in either after their run or before. <\/p>\nThen off to the train. Not a bad journey home – the train between Amsterdam and Brussels was fairly empty but Eurstar was full. But got home, sorted out a pile of laundry and went to bed!<\/p>\n
At least the sun is shining today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Back home, still no electrics, and back to work. Joe is also back to work, but still in Amsterdam.\u00a0 Not fair. We slept in yesterday then packed up and got ready to leave. Didn’t know if Joe would have to move rooms so we packed everything and checked. 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