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København, New Years 2007

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

After the previous night’s New Years festivities, BostonBill and I made it up by noon and to Schiphol to get our 14.40 flight to CPH. Short and sweet, we were there by 16.00, and navigated our way into the city and to our ‘hotel’, the Euroglobe. It was already well into darkness as we walked from the train station, without map… it made it interesting, but we finally found it, but ran into a problem… The reception was closed, hardly any lights on in the building, and in what seemed a slightly shady area. After some poking around, we started banging on the door and someone came to let us in. It turns out they close reception at 17.30, and it was now 18.15. [read on]

Amsterdam New Years Eve 2006/07

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

Following a series of random circumstances, several fellow Boots were in Amsterdam for New Years Eve, among them Pete, Jenn, and good ol’ Bill. From Boston. We call him BostonBill. Bill and I have had a good run thus far. Over the past year we hung out a few times, in NYC, Chicago, and Portland. It was only logical that it would lead to an international event. In the few days prior to NYE, as people showed up, I got to play tour guide showing everybody around. Finally, all that “research” of hanging out in Amsterdam is coming to use. [read on]