We havent written much - Internet access has been too expensive - 5 euros for 10 minutes!
Were in an Internet cafe with French keyboards so be nice about typos....... Cost: 1.50 euros for an hour
Weve seen so much in the past few days----
Amsterdam continued - Keukenhof gardens - what a delight! The flowers were a huge blast of color; everything arranged like an ikea catalog. it was also freezing - 50F!!
Rembrandts home - i like his paintings and etchings so much better in person; seeing the movie Girl with a pearl earring and being in Rembrandts house helped the history come alive
Julie and I and Maria went to see Kingdom of Heaven ) art nouveau theater - the movie was okay but the theatre was the main attraction
Luxembourg - Luxembourg is the banking center of the European union - very expensive stores - Evelyn really liked the Cartier store and the antiques looked the items from museums! We also visited a winery that was good and dinner was excellent - pork, quiche, salad, mousse - chocolate - and wine. Finally, the weather is getting warmer.... about 60F
Bastogne historical museum - WWII is very much alive in Europe; it still enters conversations and I think people are still very aware of it. In speaking with others, we think its due to being occupied. It could be because we also went to the Anne Frank house. At Bastogne; 100,000 Germans were killed and 80,000 Anericans died or were wounded. Now that Ive been here i want to watch band of brothers again since Easy Company was there too. When you leave the highway to enter the grounds, you pass a war memorial that is as large as many of the memorials in Washington. it was serene. I got brochures for Dad and Uncle Don.
Beaufort Castle - a ruin that you could climb around in and explor, i took quite a bit of pictures here - the light and shapes were so interesting -
Town - didnt get the name - visited the Cathedral of our Lady - so beautiful inside, quiet and contemplative
Brussels - a very large town, seems more industrial; tomorrow we have a city tour and then shopping for chocolate!!
Weve made it to the half way mark - Sunday we go to Brugge and then monday to paris!
Au Revoir - michelle
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