The whiskies

During my shopping round this morning I discovered gutted houses. Interesting sites for me!

Fascinating spaces like this. You don't get to seem in this state often.

Late afternoon I took the tram to the station. This little boy or girl was sitting next to me, very cute. It was only later that I found out there was another little black doggie traveling with this one :-)

First time I saw these at the escalators in the station... They tell people to stand still on the right so that people in a hurry can pass on the left.

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This is the big church in Alkmaar, where I went with Mic and Marjolein and 2 friends of her. There was a big whisky (tasting) festival going on...

This bagpiper sometimes stands on Dam square in Amsterdam.

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And then there was whisky. I don't think I've ever seen so much whisky ever before in my life.

Marjolein said hi to someone she knows on facebook, which was cool.

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I'm not a big fan of whisky. At the moment I want to give it a fair go and see if I can develop a taste for it but it's tough on my taste buds. Still, from a curiousity point of view I thought it was a very cool experience and I did get a reasonable good sense of what kinds are available:
- Kinds that burn off my taste buds within 1 second
- Kinds that burn off my taste buds within 5 seconds

Nah, seriously, I'm more for the "softer" ones where Marjolein loves the heavier stuff like the peaty whiskies.

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There were also other things to admire than whisky. Like this gigantic church organ. There is one exactly like it in the big church in Haarlem.

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Mic and Marjolein. Yeah, certain individuals got quite giggly after god knows how many whiskies tastings ;-)

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Me and my sunshine, Marjolein :-)