We are back in the USA

Our trip to Europe is done, however, our trip home is not yet done. We had a marvelous time in Europe and we are now staying for the day at Tim and Sharon Vanderkodde's in Grand Rapids while we rest and get ready for the drive back to New Mexico.

Here are some promised pictures........

On Saturday we had a family reunion with all of our Dutch relatives. There were about 85 people there and that was not all of them! It was a fun day but rather overwhelming for some who had not met them before. Here is a picture of the Canadian group that was there.

On Sunday our last full day in Holland we went to church with Stephan and Rochelle and family and then spent the day with them. We had a great time visiting but it was too short! Next time we'll stay longer, we promise.

We left Holland via ferry and took the ferry to England. This was all a last minute decision but a good one as it was relatively inexpensive and quite relaxing and enjoyable.

Our final parting shot of Holland as we leave on the ferry.

The Stenna plus lounge on the ferry was well worth the extra cost. The ferry trip was really a lot of fun.

Getting ready to board our train in London Paddington station. Some of the old train stations in Europe are really great!

Wine on the train is always a good thing! The train trip from London to Cardiff was lovely but not cheap.

Cardiff Central train station. Our trip began in Cardiff and now ended in Cardiff. We had a lovely time and I would recomend Cardiff to anyone thinking of going to Europe.

Parting view of British security at the airport.

We are in Cardiff ready to head back! We'll post more pictures when we get home. (next time I'm taking a laptop....)

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Pictures from Wales and Holland

Here we are at Cradiff Castle. We actually had sunshine that day!

Holland #2

So we are now in Leiden after visiting Lisse where Mary Lou's grandfather was born. Very lovely city! We really had some fun being there. Having Katy with us who is an experienced world traveller has helped immensly! She has great instincts about the transit systems down here. I will try to post pictures if I can from this internet cafe.

We are actually staying in the wodds at a place close by Otterlo in central Holland. We have each day planned out already so we will be busy.

Driving in Wales was a real adventure. I did not have any accidents but it sure was pretty crazy to throw out all of your instincts. We let Dad drive once and that was it. That was way too crazy an experience. Learning to use a roundabout as well as driving on the left along with shifting (yes we had a standard) was indeed a challenge!

Pictures to come.......

Ron

In Holland!

The internet access in Wales was off for the weekend so we could not post! We are in Holland at an internet cafe. We will post more pictures etc when we can! Suffice it to say that the wedding went great and the whole adventure was really a blast! We highly recommend Wales to you all!

More later!

Ron