Amsterdam: The seat back screens on the flights now are both a blessing and a curse. One one hand, I did not have to interact with a single child for the duration of the 10.5 hour flight except to tell them their next meal was ready to be served or to ask them, perhaps, if they may need to use the bathroom.... even once???? The flip side of this was that my 10 year old learned MANY new and exciting things from watching "Deadpool" and the opportunity to free-feed on screen time for 10.5 hours was taken VERY seriously! Not a moment could be spared for reading or origami or the card tricks I brought!
That said, we all blearily made it to the CUTEST apartment in Amsterdam about 11:00am. I am about to drop into unconsciousness as my bedtime is a crazy 8pm and I am WELL past that, but the kids? Ummm.... they are all ready for college- not tired at all! In fact, Toby had to take them out for a walk and their first taste of European food... ice cream (?)
They made it back to the flat and promptly fell into near comatose sleep states, just in time for dinner! Instead of worrying about the jet lag and "getting on a schedule", Toby and I did not hesitate! We wrote those boys a note, grabbed our fistful of euros and ran to the bar down the street where we had a TWO HOUR meal... ALONE! How so completely sad we had to leave the North American continent to have a date. We could have sat outside the adorable restaurant (aptly named "Foodism") for hours more but we were a bit concerned that the boys may wake up and think we left them to starve with nothing to sustain them but the free wifi.
Now it is almost 10:00pm and the sun is just beginning to set. Jensen roused himself for a "meal" of Nutella on bread and a fistful of salami. The dinner of champions! The other two boys are still out. It was a great first day! Tomorrow we have a big walking food tour.... I hope everyone will be awake enough to remember it!
Sounds like a great start to your vacation!
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