Zondag's Post

Today I am not much in the mood for blogging, but it has been a few day since the last time, so I will keep it short and simple.

On Friday we had the opportunity to go the morning market in Amersfoort (just me, mom and the boys). It was fun to do, but apparently it has changed over the years, catering more towards Moroccans and Turkish people as well as tourists. My mother was disappointed by this only because they do not sell as many of the nice curtains that you see hanging in the top of window frames (usually of some sort of lacy pattern or something to that extent). So it goes...

Yesterday the weather was absolutely gorgeous. It was about 28 degrees Celsius (which is a little over 80 degrees Fahrenheit). We took hold of the opportunity and left for the beach early in the morning spending most of the afternoon on the lovely beach while my grandparents stayed on their little camping plot of ground. It was marvelous, however, I did get a bit too sunburned in rather random places, which is most unfortunate. Afterward, we went to a Chinese restaurant for some fine cuisine.

Today we went to church and I took a lovely nap after doing some yoga to work out some of the pain in my lower back. It was quite an uneventful day, but also necessary.

This is a short synopsis of my last couple days. Tomorrow there aren't any plans yet, so the adventure continues on as the days keep moving past. Hope everyone of you are doing well and take care!

Lekker eten!

Canal Tours... Ahoy!

Hallo allemaal!

Last night was my darling mother's birthday. This would be the first birthday she has had in her home country for over 20 years, so yeah, it was a big deal. Virtually all of our immediate family and close friends came over to celebrate. It was a grand ole time. I saw my cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. Lots of food, a delicious cake and many beverages were consumed, but as many of you would concur, a good party consists of nothing less. Anyhow, that's all for yesterday's headline.

Today I had the wonderful opportunity to take a, nay TWO, canal tours of my birth city Amersfoort. Twas an extremely educational experience. For instance, did you know that as a result of the over 100 different forms of plant life growing on the canal, Amersfoort is known to be the greenest city in the Netherlands, and all of Europe. It even won an award for it! *proud tear* I bet you didn't know that. Nor did I, so don't feel too badly.

The most unfortunate thing happened today however. As I turned on my camera, nothing happened. I was, admittedly, perplexed for a moment, when I realized that my battery was quite dead. Bummer. :/ Hopefully tonight, after the battery has charged, I will have a much better photo taking experience tomorrow.

Till then, werk hard and slaap lekker!

Travels

As many of you may know, I am currently in the Netherlands. Hopefully I will be studious in keeping people up to date on the random occurrences which may ensue.

So far, our travels were quite uneventful. I was able to sleep about 6 hours total on the combination of flights, so I am not as wiped out as the rest of my family. I have been blessed with the ability to sleep in virtually any place at any time, if I am tired enough. As the rest of my family is going to bed for the evening (after a 22 hour day), I am still able to semi-coherently type things down on this blog.

Our flight took us from Boise to Salt Lake City to Vancouver to Amsterdam. Needless to say, it was quite lengthy. This is the trade off for saving some money whilst making summer jaunts to Europe. We flew out at 1 pm from Boise on Memorial Day and landed in Amsterdam at 2:30 pm on June 1st. Taking the time exchange into consideration, it adds up to about some number which I cannot compute at the moment. But taking how long we were up before flying out of Boise into consideration, it's well over 24 hours of being awake for the rest of my family.

Anyhow, enough of this boring nonsense for now. I am going to rest a little and then perhaps go to bed. More to follow in the coming days as the adventure before my eyes begins to unfold. Take care everyone!