We arrived in the Netherlands around 7:30 am local time (1:30 am ET) after having flown all night. My hopes of sleep while on the plane did not materialize.

Mark really believes the best way to overcome jet lag is by staying up as long as possible (at least until about 7:00 pm local time), so after we picked up the car at the rental agency, we drove to a popular tourist spot and walked around for a few hours.

After we'd seen the various demonstrations there (making cheese and wooden shoes) and after touring one of the working windmills we drove to the hotel where we had a delicious lunch. Then we walked around some more until we were finally able to check-in to our room. As soon as we got there, I had to take a 4 hour nap (despite Mark's warnings that I would regret it the next day). Mark was a trooper and stayed up until about 7:00 pm.