whirlwind tour

Luxembourg

Gent

i heart gent

Did you make a monster face? Cuz I def did

GENT

Erica - tell Neil I found the mother load

Mussles and fries oh my

Amsterdam - are those swans making a heart with their necks???

van Gogh museum - museumpleine

An homage to Courtney and her fingers

Polishing the Heineken kettle

Windmills in Holland!!!!

This past weekend was a blur, we rented a car and visited three different countries and then returned to France. We drove to Luxembourg and walked through down town. They have a huge pedestrian zone full of shops and cafes. You can drink your beer on the street, so we bought a can and walked up and down the streets. I found Birk's for 30 euros....soooooo cheap! Then we were off again at the end of the day to Gent. We found Gent based on tripadvisor.com, we had no expectations of it. But when we arrived it rocked our world. Its really hard to explain to Gent, there's nothing to see, no famous landmarks or anything just a normal European town. But Gent has LIFE, it's full of life, it feels like an ant hill, soooo busy all the time but you can't really see it. Gent stole my heart. While in Belgium we had all the specialities, mussels and fries, chocolate, beer and waffles - delicious. Sadly we had to leave Gent, off to Amsterdam. MY OH MY. Amsterdam is an experience. Besides the night life (which I'll leave out) there is so much to do. We went to the van Gogh museum and I have fallen in love. I would do away with the Louvre, just to spend more time in van Gogh. Its times like these that I wish I was by myself. The girls were done with the museum and we left, but I would have spent all day in there. van Gogh's the man! The last day in Amsterdam we went to The Anne Frank house. It was profound. On our walking tour the day before the guide recommended that everyone re-read The Diary as an adult. But just being in the house was enough for me for a while. To live in silence for 2 years without going outside would be terrible and all for naught, only to die in a concentration camp a month before being liberated...oh Anne.