{"id":1633,"date":"1998-05-10T14:36:52","date_gmt":"1998-05-10T21:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2018-02-28T11:34:58","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:34:58","slug":"amsterdam-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/1998\/05\/10\/amsterdam-the-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Amsterdam, the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-1633\">\n<p>A team of four of us from ABN AMRO went to Amsterdam to do a death march &#8211; that&#8217;s a project that shouldn&#8217;t be able to be done in the time allotted.\u00c2\u00a0 We did succeed; I worked 320 hours in 30 days, spending a total of 5 weeks in Amsterdam.\u00c2\u00a0 This was my second time in the city and I love it &#8211; the practicality of the Dutch and the common-ness of English is wonderful.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the facade of the building where we worked:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/32vijzelstraat.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1634\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/1998\/05\/10\/amsterdam-the-netherlands\/32vijzelstraat\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/32vijzelstraat.jpg?fit=568%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"568,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"32vijzelstraat\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/32vijzelstraat.jpg?fit=568%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1634 colorbox-1633\" title=\"32vijzelstraat\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/32vijzelstraat-300x264.jpg?resize=300%2C264\" alt=\"32vijzelstraat\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/32vijzelstraat.jpg?resize=300%2C264&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/32vijzelstraat.jpg?resize=150%2C132&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/32vijzelstraat.jpg?w=568&amp;ssl=1 568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-1633\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 1633);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-1633\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-1633\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of four of us from ABN AMRO went to Amsterdam to do a death march &#8211; 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