After I arrived in Amsterdam, I was picked up by a
non-puzzler friend and taken out for a nice dinner along the beach. We headed to my hotel around 10 and met up
with the team. I fully intended to go to
the conference, but….
Puzzlers got in the way.
I had a wine reception on Wednesday evening. I did attend for an hour. Worked the room, made contacts, set up meetings
for later in the week and was rescued by Maarten Bos. He and I left for a bit of puzzling over
dinner and carried on into the wee hours as is usual for me. He brought along a few twisties and I let him
play with my Berrocals (recurring theme here-they never leave my side).
The next morning, Maarten had to go back home and work, and
I was off to the conference. While we
were at the train station I received an email and was invited to visit Nanco’s
collection. So much for conference!
He was a lovely host. He gave me free run of his home and I
just photographed and talked. He had
many puzzles I’ve not seen before. He’s
one of the few people that have the full set of Wil’s bolts. From there he took me upstairs to see his calculator
collection and his telescopes! An
amazing man. We went out for a rather
long lunch, and then headed over to recent toys. To visit Guido for a while.
I learned about the canals and a few new toys…. It was a
great afternoon. BUT…I had schmoozing to
do in the evening so like all good things.
It had to come to an end.
Stay tuned for my trip to Oskar’s.
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