The first land we noticed was Belfast and then it became cloudy again As we broke through the clouds in Amsterdam, the roads were covered in snow, which had melted by the end of the day, thanks to the rain It was a high of about 3 C After deplaning, we found some luggage lockers to dump our carry-ons in and decided to catch a train to Amsterdam to kill some time as we had a 7 hour layover We kept looking for a way out of the airport until we realized we had to go through customs The first guy I asked if it was OK to go into the city for awhile said, "Oh, are you American?" "No, we're Canadian" I replied "Well then, no problem!" he said Wonder what the difference would have been? We had to get in line to go through immigration They just stamped our passports and we bought round trip tickets at the train station which is right in the airport and took the train to Centraal, which is right downtown It was very cold and windy We walked around til we saw something familiar - McDonalds

Amsterdam Canals
We went in for breakfast (it was only 7AM) I had a McToastie which is a grilled ham and cheese sandwich Kailey got locked in the bathroom and we had to get the manager to get her out It was the main door to the hallway that locked as it had no handle on it Bathrooms cost 35 E After Kailey nearly got run over by a tram (this wasn't really her morning) we decided to take a canal boat cruise to get in out of the weather The neatest thing I learned about the houses is that they have a furniture hook hanging from the roof of each of them, which they must use when people move Since the hallways are so narrow, all the furniture has to be brought up the front of the outside of the house on a rope and in through the window of the room it is going into We caught the train back to the airport The boys needed to eat again, and we found ourselves at the famous McD's yet again We decided to go wait at our departure gate, F2, but when we got there, no one else was there By the time we figured out where they had moved the gate to and got across the airport, the people for our flight were already boarding Boy! We sure knew we had the right flight Out of 300 people, I'd say there were about 20-30 of us Obruni (white men) The flight was late leaving as there was so much traffic

Amsterdam police have arrested three people in relation to a burglary at a sports weapons store in Amsterdam-West last July

Of the 180 weapons that were stolen only a few have been recovered, Novum reports

The stolen weapons included hunting rifles and heavy caliber guns

A 38-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman were arrested three weeks ago A week later police also arrested a 40-year-old man In the interest of detective work the arrests have only just now been announced

Police say more arrest may follow

Police has not revealed whether one or more of the people arrested was employed by the Shooting Westpoint, but the store has countless security measures in place both inside and outside the building

The shop