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[This is more than a whimsical thought for us. My wife is in school until next autumn and at that point I could probably cash out stock options and my house to have a nice chunk to start somewhere new.

Unfortunately the crash of the dollar has made the timing for that rather bad. And I don't see the dollar recovering in the short term
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Would you mind if I pestered you in email or PM with some questions?

Of course not - please do!
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I'll be in Amsterdam from March 5-12. Perhaps we could hook up and I could chat you up?

Let's definitely try to do that. Where are you based now?
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One of my goals this trip is get out of the toursity part and try to get a feel for the more typical Dutch life.

Hmm... As in Oliebollen and soggy cheese sandwiches?