And how did the people of Firenze react when Kyl departed?

My Goodbye Party

Juliane cooking German bread for the party.

Meeting at Piazza Signoria to walk to the park for the party.

Goodbye Firenze!

Living in Amsterdam

Jonathan's first sip of coffee in paradise!

Our view from our front window. The old Chruch on the left, the prostitution windows on the right.

Our livingroom.

We are not living in Florence anymore. Do I change the name of this blog? Hmm. No,
I don't think I will. I know we won't go back but that is now the official name I guess. We have not had internet since arriving in Amsterdam. The other day I was having a coffee in a cafe at Amsterdam University and I asked if they had internet connection. They did, but only with a student ID. He did said if I went to the other side of the canal and sat on the benches there, I could get connected. I finally tried it today and it worked! I can finally add to my blog. Sorry if you have been checking everyday and kept finding the same last entry.

I have been in Amsterdam for about three weeks and I love it. It is such a change from Italy. I find countries with corrupt governments such hard places to be. There was such frustration and anger in Itlay and it really started getting to me. There is such a different feeling in Amsterdam and the Netherlands. I know no place is perfect but at least the people are smiling and whistling and acting happy. They are taken care of. They have great health care. There is little or no poverty. The government really seems to care about the well-being of her people. Good for them. I've seen some of the negative side of The Netherlands which I will get into later.

We are happy. We are living in a six level apartment right in the center of the historical district. We really got lucky.