The morning of

Well, today is roadtrippin' day. We bought some supplies yesterday (essentials for the PH/F team: bananas for PH and chocolate for F, amongst other things.)
I'm quite excited. It'll be nice to get out of Amsterdam for the Queen's birthday party tomorrow. I don't quite understand the whole Queensday concept, as it's not her actual birthday, and I don't know why everybody goes to Amsterdam as the Queen lives in the Hague. She usually makes a visit to another town in the country and they make a big affair of it, so going to the Hague would be quite pointless too. Well, not pointless as there are parties all over the country, but I don't see the joy in spending my day in a haze of orange-clad people, most of them quite intoxicated...I do think it's good to celebrate though, and I'm glad that people get a chance to party.

Oh, let me also tell you about the amazing thing that is sitting on my lap. My new baby. My MacBook Air. It's sooooo wonderful, so clever, so light, so easy to use, so beautiful and convenient. Swoon. I'm getting used to the whole Mac thing quite well, I am a fan of shortcuts in Ikea, so I like them on my computer too. I thought that Macs didn't have a delete button, or an end button (both of which I use a lot when writing this very blog), which in actual fact they don't, but they do have a way to obtain the same result. (FN + Delete and Command + right arrow, if you must know)
I just love how light it is. It's so easy to carry. It's so easy to quickly lift it up to get something while you're sitting down. And the battery lasts forever.  And it's so preeeeeeeetty!
I am still not sure whether to take Macky (its temporary name until I come up with something more original) on our roadtrip as Phiroze is taking his MacBook Pro and iPad, oh and his two iPhones. He has two now, a Dutch one and an Australian one. We got his Dutch one yesterday at the Rokin Vodafone store with the most brilliant customer service from one particular guy (Zardy de Jongh, if you care to know his name) - if you need anything organised with Vodafone, Zardy is your man.  Of course, Phiroze needed a plan that has the best possible international rates and abilities, so Zardy sorted it all for him. They will come and replace his phone anywhere in the world should it break, within 4 hours in NL, 24 hours in the EU and 48 hours worldwide. It's great.

Oh, time to get ready. Phiroze has gotten up, we need to go pick up a coffee (for me, Phiroze doesn't drink coffee! Crazy!) and our car. Then it's off to Enkhuizen to visit the Zuiderzee Museum - an then onwards over the afsluitdijk to Harlingen where we take a ferry to Vlieland. Should be sunny today. We have music. It's going to be awesome.