Travels to Amsterdam (18:20 -0700)

I intended to blog a bit about my trip as it happened. Except for one short entry near the beginning, I didn't. Anyway, I was in Amsterdam from May 24 to May 29, attending XTech 2005.

I'll start with an illustration of the traffic patterns I mentioned in my previous blog entry:

This is a photo showing an intersection along Stathouderskade, just east of the entrance to the Vondelpark. There's a bike path visible (a slight depression in the sidewalk), and painted patterns show both a pedestrian crossing (left) and a bicycle crossing (right) where they cross the intersecting street. That street also has tram tracks.

Speaking of the Vondelpark, the Saturday after the meeting was a very nice day, so the park was full of people:

The center of the city is full of canals and is a great place to walk around: