July

Germany, Belgium and Chicago
Arriving in Belgium, Rijmenam where our hotel will be. Hotel the Bonten Os Going to Brussel to the Atomium In front of the Brussels atomium
Inside the Atomium. (one of the balls) Lots of stairs. Some areas had lights. View from inside the Atonium
Seeing the ball below us. It was pretty cloudy. But still a nice picture Europe Park next to the Atonium
Big Ben Miniature. 'Kinderdijk' the Netherlands Amsterdam Joyce an knight?
Or Elroy? Tower of Pisa Fun to see a lot of Eurpean Cities. All 4.
Visiting the city of Brussels Manneke Pis Big Manneke Pis Eating waffles..
..and chocolate of course. City Center Going back to The Netherlands. Taking a hotel in Heere. It was a small family owned hotel. We had the top rooms.
Kayaking in the Biesbosch. Nice area Practice View.
It doesn't work on dry land, Elroy Geocaching near hotel Next stop, Werkhoven. our home for the next week. Farm
Our car and the front of our home. Left the patio. Right our bedroom window. Typical farm house. Our view. Castle in the back.
The house came with a trampoline, little playground and farm animals. Auke, Tara and Aatrid came to visit us. Tara with the animals. Jumping.
Kayaking Kayaks were also available It is not easy to stay in the middle of the river Astrid, Auke, Tara in the front. We are in the back.
All done. Get everything on land. Having dinner together. Merlijn slept over a night. Having fun with the carts that were available. Racing.
It goes well with 3 carts. Rene fits on it too. We all tried the carts. Challenge to stay on the road..
Visit to the cows next door. They get milked. Very close... Joyce loved the dog on the property. Doing laundry.. Not good to hang outside. Strange smell in clothes afterwards.. Smells like cow.
We were close by family. State coin map as present. Which quarter goes where? In Utrecht Bikes, bikes and bikes.
More bikes. You cannot count it. Shopping with grandma near the Dom. Playing electronics. Playing gitar with the ipad
Merlijn and Kay Nico 50th birhtday Good leaders, leading our way to the house. Nico with grandma
Yummy food Rene and Nico Enjoying a drink Rick and Elroy
Whole family Dewi, Indy and Rick Traveling back to the USA. Stop in Chicago. Walking in the city
Great buildings. It was very humid and warm. Exploring Chicago Skydeck Willis tower Looking down is a challenge.
That was pretty scarry and strange to stand outside a building so high. Mirror maze Windy city. Was so hot, we wanted to cool off by this fountain.
Whole wall was with stuck stones from different places Went to Navy Pier after that. It started to rain very hard so we couldn't do a lot. Eating Chicago's deep dish pizza Enjoying the new fuzzy blanket from Marja.