August in Amsterdam

August was mostly spent at home, aside from a lovely weekend in Cologne with Albert and Daphne.

We took the train there, feeling extra classy with our cheap beers.

We had great, sunny weather while we were there.


This seems to have encouraged Daphne to make us climb the church tower... unfortunately, Cologne is not a beautiful city when seen from above. But it was the best exercise we got during the trip. The top of the tower itself is quite beautiful.

We also discovered that Cologne still has phone booths. Yellow ones. Amazing. What a place to receive life-changing news!
Finally, as we were about to depart, Daphne met her new lover. Look at the adoring way she stares into his eyes... it's only too bad that he's so... cold.

Another notable event in August was the development of our lettuce tree... I have honestly never seen lettuce grow quite like this before. Starving for light? Yeah, that might be it. (Unfortunately, said lettuce tree has since become dinner for millions of aphids.)

And, of course, the most fun part of August - Albert's birthday! We again went to the lovely pier restaurant behind central station, and had a delicious dinner with a beautiful view.