The Blogging World

When it rains, it pours! Or, as Renny from Norway says: "Make blogs, not war!"

And so it is that in less than a week's time, I have met 3 of my fellow bloggers, two for the very first time.

James by now is an oldie but goodie, of course! I met him through this blog and saw him and his partner Matt in Duesseldorf, Germany, for the first time in June of 2006. Now they live within walking distance from us here in Amsterdam. Talk about a small world!
This photo was taken by my daughter, Amy, this past Saturday while on our canal boat ride.

This past Monday I had the good pleasure of meeting Yinks who was here in Amsterdam for the day, returning from Nigeria to where she lives in NYC. She's one of my Shutterchance bloggers, and, yes, might as well be one of my daughters. I'm starting to get a few of them! :)
A nice little connection is that she works for Ernst & Young, the same company Matt works for!

Just today I met Scarlet (aka Saskia) who is actually from Den Haag but takes the train every day, 1-1/2 hours each way, to work here in Amsterdam. Yes, she's Dutch and speaks impeccable English. She also is a fellow Shutterchancer. For 2-1/2 hours we talked non-stop about everything under the sun, from cultural differences around the world to who's going to be our next American president!

To top that off, I have Astrid in the wings one of these trips back to Amsterdam when I can take the train to her small village nearby. And this very next week, on Tuesday, we're scheduled to meet José Angel Sáez-Díez (another Shutterchancer) in Barcelona, Spain. But that's another story altogether for my next post.

How fun is that! As Scarlet and I were saying today, the world really is getting smaller and smaller with every blogger we meet. It really is an amazing thing, when you stop and think about it. By the law of averages, I just might meet all of you by the time I kick the bucket. :)

(And if anyone noticed that I'm wearing the same shirt and vest, it's so that you'll all recognize me!)