Beautiful Day In Delft

The days have been getting warmer and warmer and Bre and I are loving it!! Today was an exceptionally beautiful day as we rode our bikes to Kendra and Dave's flat. We decided to visit the market in the square again as well. Thursdays are our favorite because we love the market so much. Cheese, bread, vegetables, fruit, and flowers. It's a good time. Last Thursday we noticed an older man buying a dozen red roses. He then got on his bike and brought them home to his wife, we think. It would have been a beautiful and sweet picture but I missed the opportunity. Lucky for us, however, men in Delft buy flowers alot as we noticed many carrying flowers on their bikes today.

We also love the market because of how wonderfully everything is displayed. It makes me want to buy everything!

And since it was such a beautiful day, we took the girls over the Delftse Hout pool which wasn't as packed as we thought but still busy. We first started out in the baby pool and then moved to the "big girl pool." Fiona swam around in the pool with me until Bre got in with Tessa. Then Bre carried Fiona around for a few minutes and the Fiona said, "Okay, I want out. I want to go back into the baby pool." Tessa, however, loved the big pool. She was kicking her feet and laughing. She was even laying on her belly and trying to swim. This is weird since she doesn't like baths and lately has been screaming when she is in the tub. Fiona later layed on a beach chair and "got a tan just like Bre." Of course, she was covered in sunscreen so she didn't get a tan.

After Kendra and Dave got out of work we went to a barbeque. Yes, people in Europe barbeque! We had a lovely time getting to know their friends from the University. We even, get this, found a ride home from Germany! Which means we only need to pay one way! How exciting! Kendra's friend Christine has family there and travels back and forth quite often! At first we were just thinking about Germany but since we have a ride we can most certainly afford to go! We plan to go during the last week we are here.

This weekend is Amsterdam weekend! Bre and I are very excited for this trip. We will be staying with my good friend Gerke from Penn State who has a flat in the city. So don't worry about us staying in scary hostels! He's going to show us around Vondelpark and all other major attractions of Amsterdam, including Red Light District...woo! Friday night we booked a canal cruise at 10:00 p.m. Which will be great to see Amsterdam's lights at night. How amazing! Saturday we plan to visit the Van Gogh musuem, Rembrants House, and then the Anne Frank house. The Anne Frank house I am most excited about. After reading her Diary my sophomore year and writing a paper on her, I just thought it would be great to see where she wrote this. I never thought I would get the chance.

However, the fun for us means no blogs for you. We are not sure if we will have internet access or the time to write every night like usual. So we will just have to write a very large blog detailing our Amsterdam adventure when we get home which will be Sunday.

We are pretty sure that we will make another photo album with all the Amsterdam photo's so we thought we'd upload the photos from this week and send out the link. We didn't do as much as last week but don't worry more pictures from other cities and countries will be coming up!

These pictures are mostly the kids but they are just so cute, how can you resist 'em?

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Love,

Miranda and Bre