Tuinstras

Afternoon, everyone. Thursday, August 11. Mom and Dad brought the motorhome back to Germany, with help from Ome Jan and Tante Ria. We the children slept in late and bummed around Ome Jan C.'s house. Oma and Tante Gerda came late in the morning and we went to the Barneveld market and bought a couple things. In the afternoon we also did very little, and all but Shauna and I went back to the market again. I don't remember doing anything else that day... Friday, August 12. Our last day in Europe! In the morning, we went to visit Wilma and Evert-Jan and their family, and say goodbye. We went also to the Capela (?), a brick tower in the forest near Lunteren, and got a good view of the countryside from the top. In the ... read more

Morning. Saturday, July 30. We went to Scherpenzeel to pick up our Oma at her sister's house. It was fantastic to see her again, and we had desserts and drinks in Tante Joke's (Yo-keh) beautiful garden. We headed to Sneek (Snake) in the afternoon and found a small, basic, internet-less campground. We brought Oma to Tante Harmke and Ome Wiebe's house, then returned to the campground. It was very cold so we went bowling. Mom won. Sunday, July 31. We listened to a sermon and headed into Sneek to Dad's cousin Dieuwke + Nico's. They are super nice people and have a lovely house. We eat and go for a ride through the canals and lakes around Sneek. We saw the house where my Pake was born and Dieuwke lived, and Dad did a bunch of ... read more

Excuse the deceiving place. That's not actually where we are. It's a wild guess and is around 100 miles off I believe. Sorry, also, for the long wait. It's been a while since we had internet, and when we did I squandered my time... So here's the story. Tuesday, July 19. Our campground ordered us a taxi to a train station, and we took the train into London to the Tower Bridge and the Tower of London. We spent nearly 3 hours inside the Tower of London, looking at the different exhibits, along with various armour pieces and torture devices. Once that was done it was past lunchtime, so we got ourselves some fish and chips from a stand. It was absolutely fantastic. I hope the fish&chips trend catches on in N. America. We catch a ... read more

I shake you warmly by the hand. So, we are in the absolutely beautiful country of France, and I do emphasize beautiful. Sadly, pictures are not uploaded, but someday they will be. Hold on to hope. Wednesday, July 13. Rainy and cold. We drove 4 hours to a campground outside Paris with free internet. Thursday, July 14. Bastille Day (Independence Day) in France. We walked 5 minutes to the train station and went off to Paris. Our first stop was the Louvre, which was free that day. We waited in line for 10 minutes, went first to the Mona Lisa, and looked around for a while. We got to see sarcophaguses, sphinxes, and moat. We came out at 12:15 and sadly missed a military parade that happened just outside (we heard the planes). We headed for ... read more

Hi, there. Sunday afternoon we drove to a campground just outside of Rome. It was extremely buggy, and I counted 15 mosquito bites on my legs alone... Monday we headed into the touristy city that is Roma, Italia. We caught a shuttle>bus>train>subway to downtown Rome at the Colesseum. It was huge, and we could look down and see all of the underground passageways where animals and gladiators were stored. We got to learn plenty about the uses of the Coliseum and gladiators. After that, we walked through the old Roman forum, which contained a lot of really neat and diverse ruins. There was a small Nero museum, too. We went to see the Piazza Venezia where there was a massive building that seemed to be a war memorial, with many white statues everywhere. Words cannot do ... read more