Krefeld, Germany

Got up early enough to leave 5 minutes after 8 to pickup the Wrights to go to Amsterdam. Ulerike Trieschmann came to babysit. Drove Venlo – Eindhoven – Utrecht – Amsterdam. Parked right downtown. Car stalled a couple of times in city traffic. Drove right by McDonalds. After parking, took a round trip boat ride on canals and harbor. Nina thought it was funny that there are 100 canals and 1000 bridges, and not 89 canals and 987 bridges. Then ate lunch at McDonalds. Nina fell upstairs. They were quite steep. Walked to Madam Trussard’s Wax Museum and went through. Quite interesting. Would like to see the one in London. Bought a bunch of books at the American Book Store right next to the Wax Museum. Bought 9 books for us and 6 for the kids. Went to Flea Market but it was closing as we got there. Quite a place with lots of strange people. Took a picture of a guy with a motor scooter. He looked like a junk collector. It had a plastic roof built over the scooter … from plastic sacks. Rather comical. Ate at McDonalds for super, bought a scarf and necklace for Ulerika and started home. Audi quit between Amsterdam and Utrecht. Mervyn and I walked 2 hours to get help. Car repaired and drove home. Went to pick up Paula at Train station and she wasn’t there. Drove Peter back to camp and went home.

Transcribed from my journal.