Off to Amsterdam this afternoon. Our friend Henk picked us up at the airport and then we all got stuck in afternoon rush traffic. When we got to the house, his wife Truus made us a wonderful dinner and we shared a bottle of French wine we had picked up along the way. What fun to meet up again with friends we met in Indonesia travels. After dinner, we went out to a small town for a drink at a small pub that was built in the 1500’s. We saw the traffic cones that show the XXX marking which is shown all around Amsterdam. No, it does not stand for X-Rated. It actually represents the 3 major problems of the past, The Plague, The Flood and The Fire that all caused major damage to Amsterdam. The three X’s are a remembrance. Today, the three X’s also represent current problems of mad bicyclists, pickpockets, and dog doo on the street!