{"id":1381,"date":"2007-01-08T19:40:04","date_gmt":"2007-01-08T23:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2007-01-09T17:54:35","modified_gmt":"2007-01-09T21:54:35","slug":"assorted-thoughts-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1381","title":{"rendered":"Assorted thoughts (II)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dropcap\">M<\/span>ore random picks from the grey matter cabinet (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1379\">earlier picks<\/a>):\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great Britain is <a id=\"p1368\" rel=\"attachment\" class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?attachment_id=1368\" title=\"Mailboxes Incorporated.\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/mailboxes_inc.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Mailboxes Incorporated.\" \/><\/a> culturally more diverse than The Netherlands. However, for some kind of reason, all British people love going to The Netherlands, or rather, Amsterdam.\n<\/li>\n<li>Much to my surprise, I found out that you can &#8216;rent&#8217; bikes in Amsterdam. I always thought bike rental projects in the Netherlands failed because it is actually easier to &#8216;borrow&#8217; one.\n<\/li>\n<li>Dutch public transportation is perfect for quick round-trips.\n<\/li>\n<li>Life is generally expensive in The Netherlands. That said, you are still allowed to smoke in restaurants and bars.\n<\/li>\n<li>Dutch people spend too much money on fireworks.\n<\/li>\n<li>Hard-cover guitar cases go on the &#8216;outsize luggage&#8217; trolley (Heathrow, Amsterdam Airport). Guitar cases never make it on the (luggage) conveyor belt, except for at Halifax airport. If you arrive at earlier mentioned airports (Heathrow\/Amsterdam), keep an eye on the conveyor belt guys loading off the outsize luggage. You can&#8217;t miss them if they carry your guitar case.\n<\/li>\n<li>The Air Canada check-in counters at Heathrow Airport are at Terminal 3, zone D. Prepare for a long walk. If you have to go through customs clearance first: after passport check, go through <em>and<\/em> past &#8216;Arrivals&#8217;, turn left and take the Heathrow Express to Terminal 1, 2 &#038; 3. The Heathrow Express is free.\n<\/li>\n<li>Both KLM and Air Canada use Electronic systems to print your boarding pass. You need to do this <em>first<\/em> before you can go check-in. This system works pretty good: before you start, you have a choice of 3 methods to get your boarding pass for the next flight (flight number, reservation number [e-ticket] or <em>passport<\/em>). The fact that these computer systems use <em>passports<\/em> to find your reservation should (at least) make you think.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More random picks from the grey matter cabinet (earlier picks): Great Britain is culturally more diverse than The Netherlands. However, for some kind of reason, all British people love going to The Netherlands, or rather, Amsterdam. Much to my surprise, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1381\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}