Planes, Trams & Bicycles – an FITC Amsterdam Travelogue

By Jared Ficklin - March 5, 2009

Two Planes, two Trams, a presentation and a bicycle adventure later I have returned from a week in Amsterdam. After waiting 33 years to travel across the Atlantic I think this was a great opportunity for the Dutch to experience new language, culture and expand their worldview… or maybe that was the other way around? I guess what I am trying to say is I think minds were broadened on both sides. Amsterdam greatly expanded my world view offering up the mature soul of an old world city defined by canals and long in the ground rain soaked cobbles traveled by equally numerous young and energetic denizens offering up endless and open hospitality. For my part I hope I brought a fresh and more accurate definition of Cowboy Diplomacy.

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