July 17
We wandered around Amsterdam visiting familiar places, stopped at Cafe Hoppe for lunch (a place I frequented when I lived here in 1964) and returned to the hotel to await the arrival of friends.  Henk Bovenschen & I became close friends in 1964 when I spent 7 months working at Woodward Governor's Netherlands plant.  Both of us were competition swimmers and I joined Henk's swim club, De Dolfijn.  Shortly after I left, Henk met his now wife Loes.  I saw a lot of both Henk & Loes in the 1980s when I was with Woodward in England and there were meetings between the Dutch & UK plants.  This was the first time Pat had met them.  They joined us in the concierge lounge for coffee and their son Willem, who is a lawyer for the Central Bank, also came by to visit with us.  Henk, Loes Pat & I went to an Argentine steakhouse for dinner and it was great spend time with them after many years apart. Since Pat & I have been here a few times, we didn't take any pictures to post.