Afternoon of day one involved running around Amsterdam in teams for a sort of complicated treasure hunt thing. The sunshine, the canals and the many bars of Amsterdam conspired to gradually lure away the less competitive team members to spend the afternoon less strenuously. The afternoon ended with drinks on the rooftop terrace of the new building.

Then, inevitably, there was more drinking and a disco with music themed to 1982, the year the agency was founded. More pics on Flickr here, if you want.

The building had been dressed specially for the event. The courtyard was like a scene from The Prisoner, with clouds of huge, floating white globes, the ground studded with dozens of paper lanterns illuminated by candles. The bar/dining area was all in white with sand on the floor and had a kind of bond villain hideout vibe. The floor which we used for most of the speeches and presentations had been entirely carpeted with real grass.  (Large quantities of grass being just what you expect in Amsterdam.)