While we were there, Holland was playing in the Euro soccer semifinals(or football as everyone else calls it!) . The whole country was in orange to support the team! Notice how the houses look like they're sinking down. More canals ...
We went to the Corrie Ten Boom house in Harlaam. Corrie and her family were Dutch Christians who helped hide Jews in their house. Corrie and her sister Betsie were sent to a concentration camp after their family was betrayed. I read "The Hiding Place" again while I was on the trip and was blown away by...
“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” - Tim Cahill My favorite part about this trip was all the laughter and friendship. We laughed so much (we actually woke up our neighbors at the Bed and Breakfast one day!). The two people I traveled with were so great. I felt like I knew Laura and Leslie...
Just to give you the size perspective (do you see little Laura?) Leslie probably won't post this but I just think it is too cute! The oldest bridge in Bruges Leslie took this picture while biking down the road. What talent! ...
Bruges was a really beautiful, small town in Belgium. It had a cute little town square and a belfry that would chime songs every hour or so. There are canals that flow through the whole town. Bruges is sometimes referred to as the "Venice of the north". It was a nice and relaxing town to visit after being...
I have never taken a train before so I was excited to travel this way and be able to see the countryside. And if you notice, we FINALLY got our luggage!! Leslie kept us entertained by singing some old school Christian songs. I do have some on video if you'd like to see some good singing and...
The Paris Catacombs- one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen. But this was one of the things I didn't get to do last time I was in Paris so I was determined to see it this time. What at first appeared to be walls built of small stones were in fact huge, orderly piles of human bones. Tibias and...
