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Today Linda and I ventured off to Amsterdam again. This is the third time in the city for me... there is just so much to see! Today we went to the Van Gogh (actually pronounced Van Goggghhhh - like a real dutch "g" at the end there) museum... so amazing to see the paintings first hand and to get to know the stories behind of the man behind them! I really enjoyed it.

To finish off our time we checked out a small christian cafe that was recommended to me by David (a dutchie I met in Switzerland). It was so great! Great food, great staff, and MAN what a beautiful fun building full of art and "mooie"(which is dutch for beautiful) things. All the walls were covered by really beautiful fun mosaics. The bathrooms were so cool, with mirrors and glass and porcelain patterns all over the walls. I thought it was such a great place and am very thankful I took David's advice and checked it out. Maybe I'll post pictures of it later.

Tomorrow, Linda and I are getting up early. The last full day in the Netherlands is going to prove a busy one, with us taking a plane trip early on with Johan's father, who is a pilot. We'll see the Netherlands from the air which I'm seriously looking forward to.
Afterwards, Linda and I are headed out to Utrecht where we will sight-see and shop. We're meeting a close friend of Nicole whose name is Mel. She's going to take us to a highly recommended restaurant (Nic LOVED it). We'll hang out in the evening, and then at some point Linda and I will make the trek home. That's the plan. I'll let you know how it goes!

On thursday Linda and I leave for Paris. We've found a little hostel to stay in, thanks to Lenneke and her sweet investigative skills ;) . I have no idea what to expect from Paris, minus some very famous sights. I'm hoping to see more than just tourist traps, but even if that's all I get out of it, I'll be happy. I mean, it's the city of light, right? How can you go wrong?

Well that's the update. It's been so hard for me to keep this accurately updated. I mean, I haven't posted about our visit to Madame Tussuad's wax museum and getting absolutely freaked out by moving statues, or about when Gerlinda and I went to the science museum, or seeing tarot cards/Buddhist statues for sale in a huge cathedral (a little disturbing to me), or visiting Anne Frank's house and seeing her very own diary, or the shoes that i bought from the junior's section, or how embarrassed people are when I want to package up my supper at restaurants, or accidentally illegally riding the trains, or ... oh so many other things. Hopefully what I've shared has been enough of a taste for you all to know I've had an amazing time. :) I think at least that much must have been passed on.