In 1994, Bob and Al visit France for the first time. Bob keeps a journal of their experiences in the Loire Valley and Paris. Al builds his first web pages to publish the journal. This was long, long ago when our ISP was Mindspring, and our DSL provider was Northpoint Communications, both companies long gone.

In the summer of 2000, inspired by William Least Heat Moon's Blue Highways, Louis spends a couple of weeks motoring around in the Sierras, the Basin and Range, and the Rockies.

In May 2001, Louis has some unusual adventures in Amsterdam while attempting to pronounce Dutch.

(Louis did not have a camera with him in 2001, but in 2006, he somewhat reluctantly took a tourist photo while visiting Keukenhof.)

In May 2004, Louis smoothly Segways back to Amsterdam.

The year is 2005. Louis makes his annual trip to Amsterdam, this time on foot.

It's 2006 and Louis is out to feed folks foods they never even heard of.

The year is 2007. Louis takes to Amsterdam various foods that are not readily available there so that he can cook Southwestern American regional dishes for his Dutch friends. This means carrying fresh tomatillos, fresh pasilla chiles, an assortment of chile powders, whole corn meal, and Bay Area dried fruits, most especially cherries and apricots for Rina.