I admit, I’ve not been so good about updating this blog. When we first booked our trip to Amsterdam, I had grand visions of all the writing, reading and emailing I was going to do, but the truth is, I’ve been so busy ramping up my job search and running around savoring Holland that I’ve fallen a bit behind.

So here we are: beginning our fifth week in this magical city and I have so much to catch you up on.

First, there’s the food. On a daily basis, Jimmy and I remark to each other that we would love to just eat our way through Europe. How is it that the food is so good here? And not just restaurants. We do a lot of cooking at home (him, mostly) and everything from the eggs to the produce to the butter tastes infinitely better than in New York. And the best part is that groceries cost a fraction of what they do back home.

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