12 hour flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, departing quite soon...

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And you can't forget to check out the pictures of the World's Largest Vending Machine (at least that we've come across), located in the Dusseldorf train station. It's stocked with, among other random consumer goods, cat food, pickles and hairspray. Worth a laugh, at least!

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Thought I'd mention my other travel companion, "Daisy," affectionately named after Sam's pregnant cow. Daisy is presently weighing in around 50-55lbs. Uggh.

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So we're walking through Amsterdam Schiphol early Wednesday morning (after a 3am-6am Dusseldorf-Frankfurt train ride and a 1-hour Frankfurt-Amsterdam flight), and I see a sign for wireless broadband Internet upstairs. Immediately all thoughts of weariness, hunger, thirst, needing to go to the bathroom, etc. disappear. We have over 3 hours until our noon flight to Kuala Lumpur, and if I can spend it online, I will! Who knows when I'll come across another fast, wireless connection?

I found the Attingo Internet lounge upstairs and tried the sneak-approach first- wake up the iBook, turn on my Airport Card and see if it works (free), as in Starbucks. No go- we're behind a firewall. Oh well, $9 for the day is no biggy, especially for a 2mbps connection! So now I'm taking care of business- downloading all my email, updating this site, uploading pictures, etc.

Ahh! 1 hour until boarding!

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