No service meeting today, so I'm home packing up the hotel room. Still waiting on the word to get up and move into the apartment, but I wanted to let ya'll see the location. Here's a pic from the add for the apartment. I think it's quite zoomed in, but it is still a really great view. Matt showed me how to link to Google maps last night, so click here to see our new town and apartment from the sky.
There are a series of 4 question mark shaped apartment buildings with a taller tower apartment building that looks like the dot. Only there are 4 sets, and one extra tower at the top of the first question mark set. I think the map is a little off, because it shows our address (399 Meander) in the third set, or sometimes at the bottom of the question mark in the second set. Really, I think it's in the second one, in the top of the tall tower at the apex and in front of the ? there. Or you might look at it as the dot at the bottom of the first question mark. Your call :) If you browse the "explore this area" section on Google Maps, there are some nice pictures of the town square (Stadsplein) that is a two or three minute walk from the apartment without the Friday market filling it up.It's south from the Amsterdam city center and north of Matt's office, so it's a pretty central location for us. It's east of the Hall and the area I have spent the most time out in service in too, The Bijlmer (pronounced like Bail Mar). We caught a lovely sunset there last night.
Mostly the territory seems to be around Southeast Amsterdam (Amsterdam Zuid Oost). It's kind of fun to scroll around and see what's where. We're just starting to really get a map of all of this firmly in mind. By the time we leave, we'll have a handle on it. Sorry I went a little nuts with the links :)Oh, and we are still trying to find a way to cut the video I took of the Sophie's lovely violin music, because it was too big of a file for this blog to handle. If we get to see her in concert here, I'll be sure to record in shorter bursts!
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