Spent a great weekend in Amsterdam (I'm beginning to get to know that place fairly well now) with a couple of friends I've made while living in Bremen. One, Mena, hails from Italy and teaches Italian at the Gymnasium in Osterholz-Scharmbeck, which is the town I work in. The other, Cristina, is from Spain and, you guessed it, teaches Spanish. Although, I'm not sure which city/school she is in: It's a small dorf (village) close to Bremen.

At the moment I have a few too many things to do to be writing a comprehensive review of the weekend, so I may get to that and throw some pictures up later.

My main reason for the post is to pass along, simply put, a great story. I found it on ESPN.com. It's about a Duke basketball player and his story.

I don't want to give away too much, so all I'll say is that it reminds me how lucky I am to have two parents who love me and want, above all things, for me to be happy.

Love you Mom and Dad! (And cant wait to see you and Eve and The Dude in less that a week!!!)

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=nolan