Maddi with her new doll
from Tante Herma and Oom Eg

Friday : We had nothing planned except packing but it turned out to be a pretty busy day anyway.  In the morning I went and had a haircut and also decided to put a colour and highlights in.  I don't think the haircut is so much different to my normal one and the colour is nothing really way out, so don't get too excited!
I managed to finish off my packing and it juuuust fitted...phew!  In the afternoon, lots of people came to say goodbye, which was really nice.  A few more lovely presents, a bit more adjusting in the baggage to fit them in...
Johan de Lange, his wife Hennie (Uncle Arend's sister) and Luke Lucas were there too.  Johan de Lange managed to find us a hotel near Amsterdam.  Dad had tried, but a lot of hotels were booked out due to a conference.  He also specially went home and printed out our exact train route to get from Vroomshoop to Den Haag (The Hague - very close to Amsterdam).

Maddi chewing on a delicious piece of "droge worst"

 Roy (Oom Roel and Tante Geke's youngest son) had come to Oma's on his bike and he decided to stay until his parents came in the evening and then go home with them.  I offered to ride his bike home for him and come with his parents when they went to Oma's.  So I rode his bike from Vroomshoop to Marienberg.  It was a lovely fresh evening and it was really nice riding at night.  We got to Oma's a bit later and found Berdien and Alexander as well as John and Esther waiting there to "neem afscheet" which basically means to say goodbye.  More lovely presents, I'm seriously going to be just like Sinter Klaas when I get home!!!  ...and they juuuust managed to fit in my baggage too!


Alexander and Berdien

Roy