After our awesome camping trip with Cassie and Jimmy we went and stayed with Pauline’s friend Marlene. From her house we caught the train to Edinburgh to enjoy the festival.
We went to mostly free shows, some were so funny we were crying. My favourite was the Improlympians, they do improvisation skits based on suggestions from the audience. Somehow the scene ended up being set on a beach in Australia. They were doing fantastic Australian and terrible Italian accents. It was brilliant!
After the week in Edinburgh we flew over to Holland. We had tickets booked to Norway so that we could begin out Eurail trip, but Lindsay’s clients didn’t pay him, so we had to cancel that part of our trip and return to Holland. We arrived at Weeze airport and were unable to find a way into Holland so we spent the night in the airport. There were about 20 other backpackers there, so we were not alone.
We then caught a bus driven by a cranky German man, he dropped us at Nijmegan train station where we caught a bus to Dick and Marja’s place. We were so tired and stressed from having to deal with Lindsay’s client, it was so nice to be greeted by Marja who fed us before I crawled into bed and fell asleep for 4 hours!
We were only able to spend 1 afternoon with Dick and Marja because they were going away for the weekend. Nikki was home from Arnhem and Lindsay and I made home made Pizzas for dinner.
They were so yummy! We then spent the rest of the evening spinning the cat
Well Lindsay and Nikki did, I just took photos.
Dick and Marja got back from their weekend away and then left for Spain, they were very happy for us to stay while we waited for things to unfail money-wise. So we stayed and babysat their 4 cats for them. Lindsay did some work for his clients in the hope that they might pay him. We spent the whole week just waiting for the money.
The next weekend arrived and both Tim and Nikki came home. We spent the whole day on the Sunday playing cards. It was brilliant fun!
Tim and Nikki taught us some games, and we taught them some games
Lindsay then got a little loopy and did this to his hair
This is their beautiful kitchen, Marja did the painting on the wall. I am going to steal it…please don’t tell her!
We then spent the next few days hanging around, I did some more mosaics because Marja said I could and because its sooooo much fun! It was then time to head to Oss, where we stayed with Maarten and Yvonne. Oma and Opa picked us up from the station and took us out for a drink. That night they bought delicous Chinese food for us…which was actually Indonesian food because in Holland they call Indonesian food Chinese food, which is confusing but seriously tasty! I can’t remember the name of my favourite dish…but its also Yvonne’s favourite dish so I just order what ever she is ordering 
We then said goodbye to Oss again and headed to Den Haag for a few nights. Avi was not there 
but we were very happy to see Beer again. Some money came in from Lindsay’s clients and they promised to pay the remaining 70% the next week. Which meant we were able to head off on our Eurail trip! So up next Berlin!