Dag!

Ness went back to work today and it seems that we have come a long way with relative ease. Any worries were nothing more than that. We've avoided jet lag and mostly settled into our apartment that we will call home for the next 2 months, we even found our local grocery shop.

I had no idea how spacious and well appointed the interior of our apartment would be. The view of the front of the building is deceptive. Our apartment is on the 1st floor [Useless fact No.1: Most of the buildings in Amsterdam are only 4 stories tall so they do not have to have elevators]; wooden floorboards, split level living area, sauna, spa - all the mod. cons. as they say. We are told that we are in the most sort after part of the city.

So far we've only explored the area within about 10 minutes walking distance, but plan to get much further tomorrow. Being Easter weekend it will give us good a chance to get to see the several places of note around the city. Although I'm sure it will take us more than just a few days to make our way to all of the magnificent places, it is just incredible that all of this is possible within a walking distance of 35 minutes. We even have a weekly market less than a minutes walk from us (Noorder Markt).

I have no doubt there will be a plethora of photos to post the next time I make an entry, so until then, Doe voorzichtig.