Eliot's Travels

TRUCKS - It's interesting that trucks are one of the first things Eliot noticed upon our arrival in The Netherlands. They are the same as home, but different too - mainly more compact. On the runway, we saw track excavators - blue, yellow and orange ones. At the car rental place, there was a 30-ft scissors lift. Today I woke to a cherry picker on the sidewalk below; a man was cleaning our windows (it rained an hour later). The dump trucks are tractors pulling trailers with dirt. We've seen narrow street sweepers on the cobbled roads. A fire truck zooming by was the size of a large van and very boxy.

TRAINS - the trains and tram hold are attention the most. We see Tram 1 from our front window every 5 or 10 minutes. Eliot has seen a purple tram too. Trains pass constantly, it seems. We've noticed 4 color combinations so far: medium blue and yellow; dark blue and yellow; maroon and yellow; bright orange. The engines and cars are of all sizes and shapes. Jim's favorite is the one that looks a little bit like a 747 on the front (with a big hump and upper row of windows).

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