Travel Beyond the Call of Duty

As a firm we do work everywhere. We are currently registered in 14 states with the ability to get registered to practice in any state on about 6 weeks notice. So we travel a lot. James and I travel the most and we often go together. On complex projects we find two sets of eyes are always better than one. We make less mistakes and we keep each other awake on the 2-3 hour car drives that often accompany such trips.

One trip in particular is worth a mention. We had both been traveling much of the year but were both a few important miles from the next upgrade in our frequent flyer status. We heard that cheap winter plane fares were often available to flyers looking to do just that, get extra miles.

So we did the only logical thing we could think of.

We went to Amsterdam in December!








famous (or infamous) Red Light District


Those are just a few of the pictures I took throughout the 5 day and 4 night chilly-rain-fest. It's beautiful there in December but I can see why the rates are good. But no complaints here. We saw the Rembrandt and Van Gogh museums, Ann Frank's house, ate good food and even rented a car for a day and went to Dusseldorf, Germany. We drove the Autobahn, which is a great experience if you like speed, and circled back through Brussels, Belgium on the way back.


James ordering a bratwurst from a street vendor -Dusseldorf


Our recent travels have not been quite as exotic. We have traveled mostly in Texas, Southern California and the Olympic Northwest. But we have found this country to be every bit as exciting as Europe was, in it's own way.

Pretty soon I'm actually going to start writing about what we do as Architects.......stay tuned.