Rotterdam, Day 2

Today was an all-day work event for me, so I wasn’t out and about to do anything with Jenny. Jenny did get out, though, and explored Rotterdam a bit, walking along one of the canals and getting some pictures of the wildlife and a few interesting buildings. I’ll be posting those tomorrow, I hope.

After my work event today, there was a social event. We were able to choose from a number of small-group activities. I chose a boat tour of the Maas River. We explored the main part of the river that enters Rotterdam, and several of the harbors and piers here. We then returned and re-grouped with all of the other small-group groups to have food and drinks provided by the event organization. The food theme was “barbecue”, and they had a bunch of stuff that we might consider standard summer barbecue fare, including salad, ribs, and potato salad. They also had some stuff that we might not consider, including shrimp and calamari skewers, and chicken sate with peanut sauce. It was all quite good, and I enjoyed an evening of networking with a bunch of these folks.

I learned this morning that today was the opening of the Dutch Parliament session, which includes a lot of pomp and circumstance, the Queen, and a bunch of other dignitaries. They had it on big televisions in the hall where we had our breaks and lunch. It is a big deal here.

I got back to the hotel a little while ago, and I’m catching-up on some work-related stuff at the moment. Yay work.

That’s about all for now. Sorry that today is kind-of boring compared to other entries, but not all that much happened. 🙂

jonathan