Park Tower Suite Haarlem

... meal and then the seat went back and we got a
couple hours of rest prior to another meal before landing. We
arrived in Detroit about 30 minutes early and went through
immigration and customs with no problems. We then went to the Delta
desk to see if we could get an earlier flight to Lansing than our
scheduled 5:15 pm flight. We were successful in getting on the 3:17
flight and we arrived in Lansing around 4:00 pm. Sandy went outside
Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands nedk

... for Tea, we set off in search of some "Real" Amsterdam countryside; you know, windmills, canals, and tulips. Now, however, we seemed to be caught in the inexorable grasp of Haarlem, which is a much bigger town than it looks. Despite our best efforts to head for open country, the streets always bent back in the direction of more city, blocks of flats, or industrial zones. After 2 hours of pedaling, we finally broke free of Haarlem's grasp only to cross a ...

... around the fact that we haven't gone in side yet and it was closed to the public on Sun. At dinner, she direct y asked Don, "Do you want to go to service tomorrow?". His response was "Not really. You realize the sermon will be in a language you don't understand, right?" Ahhh... I love that guy. Such simple reason. After dinner, back to the Gelato stand for Amarretto this time for Steve and Heidi had Green Apple. Back to the room and another early pass-out. EOD

... more. The prostitues are closer to you and make eye contact with you-actually some open the door to approach Colin until they notice me. Too bad. As far as culture goes-we've been to the sex museum, Madam Toussud's wax museum and I took a picture of the outside of the Anne Frank House (line up too long). We pass the Van Gogh Museum and the Rijkmuseum every day, as it is close to our hotel, but alas no art for these two ...

I just got back from a 4 day trip to Amsterdam. Man, what a trip. Two people ended up missing the flight, so it ended up being just three of us. Just a quick warning, some pictures towards the end might surprise you. Hahaha. Here are some pictures of Amsterdam. Very few of the houses ...

... a 15-minute walk from Haarlem's central train station. True, the walk will take you past some very shabby, drug-ridden places. But you'll also past by a courtyard set up in 1395, cafes and art galleries. And Teyler's itself--what a collection! Brass telescopes, huge dusty vacuum tubes, delicate little instruments for 19th-century state-of-the-art experiments with static electricity and magnetism. There are dark rooms (all natural lightening, which adds to the solemnity ...

So yesterday after a long flight (and no sleep) I arrived in Amsterdam. My luggage, however, came much later! The family picked me up at the airport and we came back to their house. It's very cute, in a nice area and a very modern house.They were so generous and had all these gifts for me, books on Europe, Dutch cookies etc, it was very sweet. Fenna, the little girl is absolutely adorable. We had lunch and I went to the place I am staying so ...

... the Mankato, Little Falls, Winnipeg, Manitoba and other scattered congregations. I have known the Anderson family for years. His orgins are Swedish and he very naturally relates right away to everything here in Norway. He is very expressive and I enjoyed listening to his talking with Ragnar. For the evening we will be staying with another family, however. It is the extended Lie family. The elder Lies, Elfrida and Reidar ...

... middle of November and is when Sinterklaas and his helpers travel around the country, visiting hospitals, schools, shops, restaurants, and even homes during the three weeks before the main Sinterklaas celebration. Sinterklass and his Piets seem to be everywhere at once, asking about children's behavior and listening through chimneys. The children leave their shoes out with carrots and hay for the horse. In exchange the Piets ...

Hey guys!! We have arrived in the world renowned city of Amsterdam-our third country in under a week! From Reims we headed to the teensie weensie little country of Luxembourg where we spent two nights in the tiny, but picturesque capital that is nestled in a valley. Although not exactly the liveliest place we've visited (not greatly improved by the fact that it rained the entire time we were there) the autumn leaves on all the trees and the pretty old buildings ...