Wednesday :  We got up on time and we were at the train station in Marienberg before 9am (I drove - I'm getting pretty good at it now.  Oma's car is an automatic, so it makes a lot of difference - I tried driving Arjan's manual car and kept trying to change gears on the door!).  It took nearly 2 hours and one changeover before we got to Leeuwarden, where Oma's sister Tante Gre lives (she came to Australia with Oma Botter about 4 years ago).  As usual, Maddi was very good and content.

It was really nice to see Tante Gre again and she was looking very well, especially considering that she had heart surgery in the last week or two.  After we'd had a cup of coffee, Dad, Wiwik and I went for a bit of a walk around Leeuwarden while Oma and Tante Gre had a rest.  The main thing I would like to tell you is that I saw a man weeing on what I thought must have been a sculpture.  It actually turned out to be a special place where men can wee in public!  It was round with 4 "nooks" in it, but it didn't hide much!



One of Tante Gre's sons Gerko came over with his girlfriend Jettie and we all had a nice lunch together of tasty soup and corn buns with ham on them.  Steve, I have a special message on video for you from Tante Gre when we get home!

 Maddi had a really good sleep in the train on the way back...

We finally got back to Oma's at about 7pm where we had chicken kebabs with satay sauce from the chinese, rice and leftover macaroni.  Arjan and Helma came over for a bit and Oom Eg came over too.  A great end to a good day!