Sunday, April 3, 2011

Becca in Amsterdam

We are so lucky to know a family in Brussels! Sister Rowe (my Laurel teacher from HS) has taken good care of Jason and I. She picked us up from the airport, fed us, invited us over for conference and she even took me with her and her parents to Amsterdam and Keukenhof. It was a blast!


We drove to Amsterdam. (Holland is surprisingly close.) In Amersterdam, we started at a little diner. (Similar to a diner in Doris Day’s Touch of Mink) Ended up in Dam Square, and from there walked to Anne Frank's home. Every thing looked like the little Christmas towns with canals running throughout the city. I saw a lot of great souvenirs, including a legal marijuana starter plant in a beautiful Dutch bowl. (Too bad I forgot to snap a pic!)


We went to Anne Frank's home. I was surprised how big their hideout was. But I couldn't imagine having 8 people trying to be silent all day. (I know that would be rough for me and 7 of my sisters J) My favorite room was Anne's room. Everything was removed when they were captured. But the pictures she pasted to her wall were still there. She had posted pictures of famous people on her wall. She had TWO of Deanna Durbin, the actress from It Started with Eve (and many other amazing shows).


Keukenhof was pretty awesome. Basically a flower heaven. Right now the tulips were just growing but hadn't bloomed. But they still had two show buildings. One dedicated to Orchids and the other to Tulips. It reminded me lot of the Spanish fork house. I think my dad would have loved it.














Saturday, April 2, 2011

You're kidding right?!!

Our first weekend in Belgium was full of suprises. Most of them good but one of them bad. Sunday morning we woke up and headed down to breakfast only to see a sign posted in the elevator that it was daylight savings. Yep, thats right! We not only had to go through the dreaded daylight savings a couple of weeks ago in Utah but now we had to go through it again in Belgium. What a rip! Add on top of that that we were already suffering from jetlag and it was a double whammy! On the bright side it gave us an excuse to be super late to church. jk!