I'm thinking about doing the trip to Amersfoort with my family (wife and 10 year old daughter) this year. Not certain about it, but I'd like to decide in the next few days so I can get in under Rob's 05/30 deadline for the hotel at the meet.

I'm looking for suggestions as to how I should go about it. For instance, should we fly to England and hitch a ride over to Amersfoort with somebody from Cambridge? Or perhaps fly into Germany or Amsterdam and drive to Amersfoort? That sort of thing.

My criteria:

- Arrival and departure dates are wide open.

- Total time spent in Europe/England is open, could be up to a week or 1.5 weeks.

- Might want to see some of Germany if there's time (Jenny has German heritage).

- I'd like to visit the Cambridge office at some point during the trip just to say I've done it.

- I've always wanted to see London, but don't necessarily need to spend a great deal of time there.

- I'd like to do a certain amount of sightseeing while there. But I have no real knowledge of what's worth seeing. Anyone?

- If any folks are willing to host us for portions of the stay, or give us lifts between places, that would be really nice.

Some of these questions were answered last year when I toyed with the idea of making it over at that time. I wouldn't mind having the same questions answered again to see if it might "stick" this time.

Ideally, I'd like to have the Empeg meet be the "meat" in the middle of an England/Netherlands sightseeing trip "sandwich". Anyone have suggestions on what the best overall route/pattern would be? I could arrange for flights and hotels and such but only after we've made a basic decision as to what we want to see/do and when.

So who's got suggestions?