Today I send a message to a 700 years old friend. I saw this saint last time two years ago and we made many children happy back than. This friend Sinterklaas was born 700 years or so ago. That was at the same time that Amsterdam was founded. I still have my “Citizen of Amsterdam 700 passport”. Much later I was volunteer of the Friday Night Skate organisation. We were proclaimed to be Amsterdam citizen of the Year. It is so nice if people appreciate what you are doing. In Holland it may take a couple of years before an official acknowledgment will be filed. But that means a rewarding message after so many years. Now most fellow volunteers and friends for live moved on. And are spread over the world. Maybe I will receive an message back from my friend Sinterklaas. Hopefully we will all sail home during the Sail Amsterdam in August 2010.