things that can go wrong

Last night as we were looking up train schedules to see what our options are from traveling from city to city we discovered that one of the hotels we'd booked was about four hours from the stadium we were trying to be near. Hmmmm. I have no idea how that happened, but good thing we figured it out now instead of when we arrived. So we quickly found another hotel that's 15 minutes by train from the city where the game is. We cancelled our other reservation for a fee. Randy assured and reassured me that it was all ok.

Today I got a message from our hotel in Amsterdam where we were looking forward to staying on a houseboat in one of the canals. Apparently a pipe burst recently and the houseboat flooded. :( The hotelier (?) said they were trying everything they could to get it in shape, but they couldn't guarantee it would be dried out by the time we arrive so we might have to be in a regular room. At least we'd have a place to stay, but I was pretty darn excited about sleeping on the boat. Hmmm.