We made it to the Netherlands! Considering our last adventure at the airport, I think that there was more than a little doubt in all of our minds that we would actually make it here. We left Seatac at 1:00pm on Thursday and arrived in Amsterdam at 7:00am on Friday.Jet lag is a beast! There is a 9 hour time difference between Seattle and Utrecht. Combine that with the 10 hour plane ride and our collective inability to sleep on the flight and you get a group of very tired people. As soon as we arrived in Utrecht, we discovered that the predominant forms of transportation in Holland are bicycles and walking. Much to our dismay, that meant hauling all of our luggage and sound equipment around for about an hour to get to Jaarbeurs (the main hall and area to check into the festival) and our hotel.
Once we were all checked in at our hotel, we had a rehearsal with Dox (a six person dance group). We had to work out a transition between Dox's performance and our performance at the opening ceremony. We have never claimed to be great dancers (publicly), so we were all a bit nervous going into the rehearsal. Fortunately, we weren't asked to dance and the transition (although completely out of our comfort zones) was relatively painless. Judging by Nick and Andrea's faces, they thoroughly enjoyed watching us look horribly awkward.
So, we have had a very very very very very very long 48 hour day. Looking forward to some rest.
Peter
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