Nederland

Eryn and I went to the Netherlands with her family for a week this May. We stayed in a cute AirBnB in Broek in Waterland, a small village about 8 km north of Amsterdam. I ran into Todd at our gate before we even left SFO—he was on the same flight, heading to Amsterdam to speak at a conference. What a small world we live in. It’s been a decade at least since we saw each other last. We worked together, what feels like a million years ago, on Viewpoint at Teredata. Eryn and I landed at Schiphol Sunday morning and caught a train to Amsterdam Centraal. From there we wandered south along the Damrak to Dam Square to gawk at the National Monument, the Royal Palace, and the Nieuwe Kerk. The rain really started to come down, so we ducked into Pizza Beppe Quattro to escape it and ended up enjoying a late lunch there. Co-kathedrale Basiliek van de Heilige Nicolaas Station Amsterdam Centraal Koninklijk Paleis van Amsterdam Eventually we made our way to the village of Broek in Waterland and found…