The Netherlands! - Blogabond

We caught metro to termini station to catch the shuttle to airport. the Line was huge so we were a little panicked that we wouldn't get on a bus in time to make our flight. We met three girls from the Netherlands who were on the same flight and talked with them while waiting for the bus and then while waiting for the airplane. It was so nice to meet some girls the same age, they taught me how to count to 20 (I make no promises about remembering though) once our plane arrived we caught a ride with the one girls dad to the train station as they had to drop two of the girls there anyway and then we headed to hoogeveen where my aunt was coming to pick us up. Our train did head for hoogeveen however we were on the wrong train and so it didn't stop at the station so we took it all the way to gronigen (about 45 min past) and had to get on another train to go back. I felt terrible because they had been waiting at the station for us when we went through the first time and hadn't had supper yet because they were waiting for us to arrive. We didn't finish supper until 10 but it was so good to have some home cooked Dutch food as Trevor said. We then headed for bed shortly after.

In the morning we lounged around and at about noon decided to go for a bike ride to Dedemsvaat where we also had some really good lunch. Trevor was very excited to find some stores with lens clothing and affordable prices and bought a pair of jeans and two shirts. We then headed back and relaxed until dinner.

After dinner my Aunt Theresa took us for a drive to the grocery store to pick up some traditional dutch treats that i wanted, i got all the things my opa and oma used to bring home. We then drove to see a windmill which is now a garden store where we tried on some wooden shoes (surprisingly comfortable and my aunt says many people wear them to work in the garden) we then drove around and looked at some houses and also drove by the house my mom lived in when she lived in holland many many many years ago (i am not trying to age her). It was a nice evening and a good relaxing day. Tomorrow we head for my uncle perry's house but more about that in the next post.

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Trevor and Amber on June 17, 2009 from Hoogeveen, Netherlands

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