We met Charlie and Isaac, visiting from the UK, who were making the most of their unlimited beers on the canal tour today. Charlie’s goal was to “not be able to walk off the boat.”
“I’m going to make so many bad decisions tonight.” — Charlie
Escape in Europe — Day 4
- 6:30a Alarm to start day to Brussels
- Walk to Amsterdam Central
- 7:22a M52 Zuid metro
- 8:04 Eurocity Direct to Brussels
- 10:08 Arrive in Brussels
- Walk to Grand-Place
- Brussels waffles at Maison Dandoy
- fancy waffle as Maison fancy
- Mok Studio
- Chocolate: ??, ??
- Get to escape room: M1 Stockel, M7 Vanderkinder
- 2:00p Botanist Manor escape room! Amazing. Ran long.
- Uber to next week event, no time.
- 4:30p Chocolate Making Workshup
- 6:30 speed walk to Pokémon card store
- 6:50 final minutes at Xx before they close
- Walk to bus to go to dinner
- Get on M89 bus going wrong way
- Recognize mistake, get of bus, request Uber
- Dinner at Wolf Food Hall. Tyler and I have smashburgers. Tammy has
- Uber to Brussels Zuid train station.
- Get last Leige waffles before leaving Brussels
- 8:49p Depart Eurocity train to Amsterdam Zuid
- 10:46p Arrive Amsterdam Zuid station
- taxi back to Hendricks Hotel
Good morning from Brussels, Belgium. 🇧🇪
Escape in Europe — Day 3
- 9:50a Jamie up, enhancing Escaping Things site
- 10:25a Time to be up
- 11:30a Leave hotel to Central Station
- 11:44a Intercity Heerlen line to Utrecht
- 12:45p escape room! Amazing.
- Stroopwaffels warm and fresh first time. Plus a sugar waffle.
- Exploring Utrecht.
- Magical experience at Keen Coffee.
- music box museum
- 4:00p Tammy steps out to get Brandi Carlile tickets!
- impromptu Macaron stop
- stopped at Belgisch Biercafé Olivier Utrecht
- Dinner at Casa Damstraat
- 6:00p Escape Room again. We liked it so much we decided to do another room!
- Train back to Amsterdam, Walk back to hotel
Escape in Europe — Day 2
- 8:30a: Arrive in AMS. Not much sleep.
- Cleared passport control and collect baggage.
- Store luggage at airport.
- 9:46am: Dordrecht intercity train to Delft
- Breakfast and coffee at Kek.
- Explore Delft.
- 12:28p: Sprinter train to Haag Central Station.
- Sadly Escher museum is closed today. :-(
- Walk to a mile
- Stop at Barista Cafe for another cappuccino.
- Walk another mile.
- Visit Madurodam in Den Haag.
- 4:30pm: Tram 9 to Kalvermarket-Stadhius.
- fan searching:TK Maxx, HEMA, Media market, K
- Find dinner plan: EZ SMASH. They are closed.
- Figure out Plan B: Bonobo. They are hosting a fundraiser dinner so we squeeze in before that event starts.
- Depart dinner and everyone is cold and we haven’t a gap in schedule. Decide to go to Starbucks to warm up a bit before escape room.
- Cannot find tram planned to take so call Uber to get us to escape room.
- 7:50 Stqrt a Molly Game
- 9:50 Finish Molly’s Game
- Get Uber to AMS
- 10:45p Pick up luggage from storage in AMS
- 10:52p train to Amsterdam Central
- 11:10p leave central station in foot
- 11:27p Check-in to Hendrick’s Hotel
- 11:45p Finally to sleep — over 33 hours since we woke up on Sunday.
Escape in Europe — Days -1, 0, 1
Day -1 (March 13)
- 4:30p: Flight cancelled. 😞
- Reschedule first escape room.
- Realize we will not be able to see Anne Frank museum now.
Day 0 (March 14)
- Tyler drove to Ultimate Collectibles on his own. First solo drive!
- Recognize π day!
- Lunch at Yum! with pie.
- FaceTime with Mazie!
- 6:50p: Should have been flying. It seemed fine. Hear airplanes flying overhead while having frozen pizza for dinner.
- Watch Anaconda at home.
Day 1 (March 15)
- Prepare house for floor refinishing while away.
- Plenty of time to pack.
- 4:30p: Lyft to MSP.
- 6:50p: Flight DL162 to AMS
Delicious breakfast and coffee at Kek in Delft.
Sticker spotting.
Delft, Netherlands.
Catching train to Delft for the day! This was supposed to be day two so tiredness will be real.
Fun running into former colleagues Sam and Andy on our flight to AMS.
Flight seems to be holding. Should be boarding in 35 minutes. MSP is much, much quieter than normal. Seems most the planes are the big ones.
Our flight to AMS is still listed as on time, but the Misery Map sure paints an ugly picture.
Sunday morning. Working on the Weekly Thing. Codex improving Elixir in another window. Coffee. “Bonus time” at home because of Delta flight cancellation, and hoping our flight today actually goes.
Codex: The codebase feels much healthier after the recent changes.
I agree Codex.
Was supposed to be flying to Amsterdam tomorrow at 6:50 PM on DL 162 and they have already cancelled the flight because of the forecasted weather. That sure seems overly cautious given how accurate weather forecasts are. 😖✈️
Fun morning irrationally celebrating π Day - 0.01! 🥧
POAP 7573675 at TeamSPS Pi Day 2026.
OpenClaw just eats tokens like an animal.
