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Heather's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 8/20/00 -------------------- 8/19/00 8/18/00 8/17/00 8/15/00 8/14/00 8/12/00 8/11/00 8/11/00 8/10/00 8/10/00 8/10/00 8/9/00 8/7/00 8/6/00 8/5/00 -------------------- Heather's Introduction

August 5, 2000

Yikes! I am sitting in a café at the Amsterdam airport with a 7-hour layover. For lunch, I am enjoying a sandwich from a place called "The Sandwich Island.” It sits on the second floor and looks down on the rest of the airport. It’s a cute place. I just wish I had someone to talk to -- to keep me awake! Yawn…

I wasn’t able to sleep more than 30 minutes on the 8-hour plane ride over, so I am running on NO energy. I actually had to get a Café Latte to keep me awake. (For those of you who don’t know, I am NOT a coffee drinker!) It took me a whole five minutes to figure out it did not have sugar in it. I am sure that I will begin to feel much better after about six consecutive hours of sleep on a horizontal surface. I have never been to Amsterdam before now, and it has been a pretty good experience. I wanted to leave the airport to "explore the city" but decided against it. I was told that it’s a 45-minute train ride into town. (I found out later that it's not.) I haven’t run across too many Americans here, and surprisingly most of the people in and out of this airport are Dutch. They seem to be a somewhat reserved people, but friendly and helpful. This airport is great. They have quite a few cute, modern-ish, cafes, and the largest duty-free shopping area in the world. It was pretty overwhelming. I wish I had money to blow here. They even have a couple of Cyber cafes. Cool! I was tempted to e-mail my husband, but I decided not to waste my money on it.