Utrecht - Wed July 8

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Today started out with torrential rain but things cleared up nicely around mid-morning allowing us to do a 3 hour walking tour of Utrecht. I tried to pick out the best of the pics -- it really is quite a beautiful old city. We came back to the hotel to rest and do a little work for the conference. The hotel only has 7 rooms and is really very nice. I've attached a pic of the garden out back that goes down to a sliver of a canal. A nice spot to sit and have glass of wine! The owners are very nice and obliging. Two guys who bought the place a couple of years ago and were disillusioned with the chain hotel experience from their own travels. They invite guests to join them for a glass of wine at 6 every evening. We did last night and met a young engineer from Abu Dhabi who is working on building a zero carbon emissions city there! Off to dinner now - probably a Portuguese restaurant. (Like Canada there is no real Dutch cuisine but lots of influences from other countries.) All for now ... Little in the way of tourist activity tomorrow - conference begins!

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Comments

[Sandy]

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Hi Joe, Thanks for letting me in on these beautiful photos, stained glass is a beauty. Europe sure has a lot of charm. Sandy