John's week touring the Netherlands with Jordan Sonnenblick and Steve Kluger (2009)

story · status: told 2× · last event: retold (2015-04-21)

In March 2009 John spent a week touring the Netherlands with fellow American authors Jordan Sonnenblick and Steve Kluger; in 2015 he recalled an earlier Amsterdam visit, the first European Nerdfighter gathering he attended, in 2008.

Told alongside: John's made-up name 'Hakkenslaken' for Dutch chocolate-sprinkle bread (2009) · John: make an Amsterdam video by the end of the week (2009)

About: Netherlands, Amsterdam, Jordan Sonnenblick, Steve Kluger

date	event	what	video
2009-03-22	told	John recounts his week touring Holland with Jordan Sonnenblick and Steve Kluger, the Amsterdam Nerdfighter gathering and a Dutch journalist's view of Paper Towns.	John Loves Amsterdam 00:00:39
2015-04-21 (happened 2008)	retold	John recalls the Amsterdam Nerdfighter gathering, the first in Europe he attended (dated 2008 by him), where a Dutch Nerdfighter asked to be introduced to the Belgian boys.	A Stunning Turn of Events 00:02:04

What is said about it

5 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

• 2009-02-21 (said on 2009-02-14, implied) · Paper Towns and PUPPY — announcement: John: On Thursday, March 19th, John will be in Amsterdam for the launch of the Dutch edition of Paper Towns. — 00:00:30
• 2009-03-22 · John Loves Amsterdam — John thanks all the Nerdfighters who made the Amsterdam gathering so amazing. — video description
• 2009-03-22 · John Loves Amsterdam — John: On Thursday night more than 100 Nerdfighters gathered in Amsterdam for an evening of fun, including John failing to read in Dutch. — 00:01:34
• 2009-03-22 · John Loves Amsterdam — John tells Hank that people sang a song Hank wrote in a bar in Amsterdam. — 00:02:22
• 2009-03-22 · John Loves Amsterdam — John: A Dutch journalist told John she had read Paper Towns in English and Dutch and found the Dutch version much better, because it was funnier. — 00:02:30