More Netherlands

The Nederlands is pretty cool. We've had a great time with family and new friends. Only a couple more days and then we're off to Brussels. But, here are the Dutch highlights. We've been very blessed to have family here - all of the Spruijts have been so kind and welcoming. We have enjoyed their company so much that it is going to be difficult to leave here. This is my great Aunt Rita, second cousin Monique, and Leon her husband:

Greg and I have done quite a bit of sight seeing. Since it was National Windmill Day on Saturday, we got to see this windmill, and go inside and watch how it worked. There are six floors in this windmill, each of which has gears, ropes and pulleys that do various things. This mill is for grinding grain, others are for pumping water and sawing wood.

We took a trip to Den Haag to see the Escher museum. In case you don't know who Escher is, take a look at the picture on the building and you might have some sort of clue. Anyways, we both enjoyed it very much.

Lunch in Den Haag from a grocery store:

Today we went to the Keukenhof Gardens. Keukenhof means 'Kitchen Garden'. It was used for getting herbs for a nearby castle. Now it is famous for its tulips. This place was very similar to the Buschart Garden on Vancouver Isaldn. Tulips were out of season when we went, but we managed to see some:

Very cool, a hedge maze:

So that is the update. Tomorrow we are going to see some more of Amsterdam. We've already seen Anne Frank's house (which was pretty cool, but pretty heavy) but now we are going to explore the city in depth.

Cheers!