While Lindsay was in Ghent, I stayed in Oss with Elke.
My first night back in Holland Oma and Opa took us out to a lovely posh restaurant in Oss.
Again Oma was the only one to behave like a lady.
Opa and Elke ordered Dam Blanche for dessert.
Dame Blanche is vanilla ice cream with whipped cream and hot chocolate sauce on top!
That night Elke and I stayed up very late packing her room into boxes. She was moving the next day into her student room in Nijmegen.
We found a nativity scene missing Jesus - baby Jesus had been sucked up by the vacuum cleaner.
I modeled Elke’s many sunglasses for her.
The next day Tom and Michiel, 2 of Elke’s brothers, came to help out.
Building Elke’s new wardrobe was a big job!
After the boys left, Elke and I unpacked everything, I coloured coded her dressed for her. We then walked the 2 minute walk to town for shoarma and ice tea. After unpacking everything we caught the train back to Oss and walked home from the station. As we neared the park a witch rode out of the woods on a bicycle! We were really shocked… before remembering it was Halloween!
Lindsay arrived back in Oss the next day. It was very exciting to see him. A few days later we went with Yvonne to visit Elke in her new room.
Elke’s kitchen:
Couch, TV and sink:
and big green bed:
After a few day in Oss we made our way to Den Haag.
Avi and Beer arrived a day after us from their vacation in Italy and brought with them lots of yummy food.
Lindsay and I joined them for a second breakfast, where we had poppers!
I haven’t had a popper since I was in primary school!
Avi had bought some yummy bread rolls from Germany to share with us.
Lindsay and I spent many days walking around the streets near Beer’s house taking photos of the area. We felt it was about time that we showed everyone the beautiful streets we were walking in everyday.
Tightrope walking statue
The street full of buildings owned by Shell, parallel to the street Beer lives on.
A street full of embassies and a stormy sky.
Me waiting for Lindsay.
Here I am another day walking back from Alber Heijn (the supermarket) after buying eggs and yoghurt! Excitement.
Here is the Irish Embassy
Up next:
Kat arrives and we go to the beach.