Hello All, Posting tonight from Brugge. I love it. The Nederlands is so fascinating and so very full of history. People here bike in and out of traffic like crazy. Our bus drive Joop says they think they are God. The food has been fabulous, I order pancakes in Amsterdam- they tasted just like the sugar pancakes my mom makes. :) Also we visited the Hague. which is were the Dutch Parliament is located. An interesting fact is that they have no security surrounding their capital like DC does. The weather here is a bit chilly, it is about 12C but it has quite a windchill. I often feel like an ignorant American for not knowing dutch, but I have picked up a few phrases.
Thank you = Dank u wel
Your welcome= Alstublieft
However, since we are now in Belguim and they speak flemish I am once again at square one. Oh well it creates for an interesting adventure.
Cool Bridge in Amsterdam
I AMsterdam
Vaarwel Geboorteland- Goodbye Homeland
I thought I would give another picture of the view Paris is so famous for, this shot is from the second floor of the tower.
The Notre Dame, the church is so beautiful and the detail is amazing.
Today we spent about 4 hours at the Lourve. While the Mona Lisa is lovely, the picture is far smaller than what I had expected. Tomorrow we leave for Luxembourg. I feel like we finally figure out how to get around a city and then we just move right on to the next. Our days are filled to the brim, they are very much go go go. I am enjoying the trip very much, and i have learned ,uch about the culture diffferences and the dislikes for americans in general. Also the French use a far different computer keyboard than qwerty and it brings about many challanges. I pray you all are doing well and I will try to post again soon.
