What I had hoped to be a great video trip went awry. Last night, an hour after reaching Amsterdam, someone stole my carry bag. He (I guess it could be a she) made off with my insulin (luckily, I had much more in the room), prescription sunglasses, cell phone (which won’t work outside the U.S.) AND my JVC Everio videocamera. Oh, let’s not forget our US Passports. Sigh.

The camera’s 30GB contained a great array of clips from the UK and Belgium that are now gone. That is, unless the butthole who stole my camera, or the bigger butthole who buys the camera (sans US-only AC charger) posts them on my behalf.

The camera's hard drive had shots of Notthing Hill, including Rough Trade (the store on which “High Fidelity’ was modeled), and a block away, The Travel Bookshop featured in the movie “Notting Hill.” And then there were amazing shots from atop The London Eye, eating mussels in Brussels and so much more.

But between waiting for new US Passports from the American Consulate, we made our way to the flower market and went to the Amsterdam Historic Museum to see the exhibit, “Anne Frank: Her Life in Letters.” It was the most meaningful 90 minutes of the year to date.

So, I am now shooting with the Archos camcorder that my producer brought with… the quality might be so-so, but at least I can resume videoblogging.