Sunday, May 17, 2015 Jaap's Birthday Party

We took some sweet desserts and beer over around 12 PM and then rode our bikes back (less than 5 minutes) to the hotel before 3 PM. The Asgard Hotel is owned by Andre who allowed us to go up to the third floor and see the city. Very cool. Building restrictions keep the buildings low in the city center.

 

This is one of the rooms with a great view.

I took about six pictures and hope to stitch them together for a panoramic view.

There were about 40 people who came for the party; friends, family, co-workers, and also three of the other four Americans on this exchange came too. The gentleman from Casper, Wyoming has yet to arrive...

This was one of the rooms used for the party--most of the people with kids hung out here.

The party was great, lots of good conversations. If you don't know the native language, it is so nice when the hosts all speak English.

Around 5:30 PM, a Greek catering company came in with a plentiful buffet.

Nicco, Jaap, and Fenny(it wasn't wine, it was tennis balls in the box).

Jaap's sister Lilemmea and brother Jan, and Cees, a brother-in-law.

Mareka and Arno brother and sister, they were willing to have their picture taken.

 

We rode the bikes home, had some tea and then went back with the car to pick up the leftover beer (three bottles out of three cases) and gifts. Then an excellent dark beer at home and to bed a little after 9 PM.