I got a speeding ticket! It came in the mail yesterday. In Europe, 
speed traps are machines that clock your speed and snap a picture of 
your car if it's over the limit.  It is also supposed to flash a strobe 
light at you, so you know you've been nailed. I don't remember any 
flash... 

Apparently, I was speeding in the Netherlands on October 1st, 2001.  
I guess it took 5 months to track down a rental car that I don't have 
anymore.  Ann, our landlady, said that the Dutch are real sticklers 
for speeding.  I was going 86KmH in an 80KmH zone - translation: I 
was going 54 miles an hour when the limit was 50mph.  I would call 
that 'picky'.  The ticket will cost me about $25.  It kind of makes me 
wonder what else will show up in the mail over the next couple of 
months....

Speaking of bureaucracy, Graham just received an 'urgent' notice to 
report to the immigration office and produce "Proof of Good Behavior 
and Morals."  It is so much fun to take these official looking letters 
and go through them with a Dutch/English dictionary.  Even when I 
figure out what they say, I don't know what they want!  I don't take 
this stuff too seriously, because we're only here a couple more 
months.

Lynn