On Friday night (April 22, 2005) I picked Angus up from the airport. We dropped our stuff at my parents' and my mother - the angel - drove us to Alkmaar, the place where I was born, where I went to school and the only decent place in the area to go out. We basically just went to a couple of bars there and talked, talked, talked. An excellent night 2 of my best friends: Angus and beer.

The next day, we took off to Amsterdam where we met Marieke, Charlotte, Eltjo and Emiel on a terrace at the Filmmuseum in the Vondelpark (a highly recommended stop if you're in Amsterdam and the sun is out!!!) And basically we didn't leave that terrace for most of the day and when we did it was only to exchange it for another terrace at Irish pub Aran, on the Max Euweplein near the Leidseplein (a great little tucked-away square, try Wagamama for lunch!) After a long day of chatting and drinking we finally ended up in the same restaurant we always end up: 't Pakhuis (click here for English) in the Voetboogsteeg. After a cheap and cheerful dinner we took off towards Losser where we crashed and the next morning, Angus left for Newcastle again, after one hell of a short weekend with one of my best mates!!!

Read the full story at the entry for April 2005