communion sunday

Molly and I had communion today (it is Sunday after all*) in the form of a shared Heineken at the Oude Sluis, which I would like for you all to know is the 15th best place in Europe. According to their absolutely unbiased website, of course. But it was pretty damn cool.

And I do foresee many nights spent here in the next three weeks - good beer, a big table for all of us and a deck overlooking the water and the old part of Rotterdam, Delfshaven. Delfshaven was the only part of Rotterdam not bombed to pieces during WWII, so it still has old brick buildings and rabbit-warren streets. The rest of Rotterdam still has rabbit-warren streets, but a lot of modern construction incongruously set down on the old cobblestone streets.

We went to the Oude Sluis (pronounced Otis Laos) after a warm welcome from the owners of the Hotel Baan, where we will be staying the next couple weeks. Jan and Gabriella made us hor d'oeuvres of all kinds, and poured us pink champagne in flute glasses with sparkler-like straws. (The straws had rings of tinsel-like material around them.) It was delightful.


*For those who are super strict about such things, I'd just like to point out that Jesus' first miracle was turning water into wine, and if it had been beer they'd run out of, I'd like to think he'd have turned it into beer. Particularly good Dutch beer.