I've been sleeping really well here. Maybe it is the fact that I have been going to bed at midnight and waking up at six, but it feels great. Maybe it is just something comfortable about this place :)
This morning was more student presentations and then a lecture from a University of Amsterdam professor. He spoke a lot about the lack of interoperability between systems based on the descriptors used to classify diagnoses. It was quite interesting.
We ate lunch very quickly and then got into our groups for the papers we were assigned to discuss. I am pretty sure they assigned us papers that were flawed in some way and we are meant to dissect them. We didn't get as far as we wanted to, but we'll have more time tomorrow to finish up. We'll need to present the summary and limitations to the rest of the group on Wednesday.
Immediately after that, we walked to the tram and took it towards the Red Light District for a pancake dinner. First we stopped for drinks along the canal. We saw a car come up out of the ground.. it was some sort of elevator out of an underground parking garage... weird. I had a nice time talking to the some of the other students. This one guy, Jaime, was telling me how refreshing it was to have Skylar around and what a great kid he is. I agreed that he is a pretty awesome kid... most of the time. Then we moved on to Zeedijk, the pancake place; I must say this place did not hold a candle to the place we went the other day. I hate to complain, but it was undercooked and bland in comparison. Skylar wanted another one because they are big(about the size of a small pizza), but completely flat and not really filling. After dinner, the group went on a tour of the Red Light District. Skylar and I opted out and walked back to the Hostel, while walking through the flower market and stopping in shops along the way for souvenirs. We both got hats that say Amsterdam and the cashier said we looked like twins. Then she asked our ages and couldn't believe he was my son.
While looking for places to go this afternoon while the group went on the tour, I found some really amazing looking zoos, a science museum, and even a climbing gym that was reconstructed out of a church. Unfortunately, they all closed at about 17:00. So, it got me thinking about staying an extra day or two. I mean even though this trip has been a lot of fun, it is been lectures and presentations for what will be eight days, it would be nice to have some straight up fun time afterward.
We ate lunch very quickly and then got into our groups for the papers we were assigned to discuss. I am pretty sure they assigned us papers that were flawed in some way and we are meant to dissect them. We didn't get as far as we wanted to, but we'll have more time tomorrow to finish up. We'll need to present the summary and limitations to the rest of the group on Wednesday.
Immediately after that, we walked to the tram and took it towards the Red Light District for a pancake dinner. First we stopped for drinks along the canal. We saw a car come up out of the ground.. it was some sort of elevator out of an underground parking garage... weird. I had a nice time talking to the some of the other students. This one guy, Jaime, was telling me how refreshing it was to have Skylar around and what a great kid he is. I agreed that he is a pretty awesome kid... most of the time. Then we moved on to Zeedijk, the pancake place; I must say this place did not hold a candle to the place we went the other day. I hate to complain, but it was undercooked and bland in comparison. Skylar wanted another one because they are big(about the size of a small pizza), but completely flat and not really filling. After dinner, the group went on a tour of the Red Light District. Skylar and I opted out and walked back to the Hostel, while walking through the flower market and stopping in shops along the way for souvenirs. We both got hats that say Amsterdam and the cashier said we looked like twins. Then she asked our ages and couldn't believe he was my son.While looking for places to go this afternoon while the group went on the tour, I found some really amazing looking zoos, a science museum, and even a climbing gym that was reconstructed out of a church. Unfortunately, they all closed at about 17:00. So, it got me thinking about staying an extra day or two. I mean even though this trip has been a lot of fun, it is been lectures and presentations for what will be eight days, it would be nice to have some straight up fun time afterward.
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