My last blog was two weeks before our trip ended. During those two weeks we were taken in by multiple parts of Tim's family. Jan and Mirjam welcomed us in Zeeland where we enjoyed a boat trip. Highlights were the kids swimming with non-stinging jelly fish (never knew they existed) and later catching crabs in traps off the pier. We spent the night at Jan and Mirjam's house which brought back a lot of memories. In 1997 we stayed with them for a few nights, and...

The past two weeks have been a whirlwind. We feel extremely blessed to have the friends and family that we have. The dinners, coffees, emails, phone calls, texts etc.. have meant so much to us. Now we are on our way! Elout and Adalei came by to see us off at at 7:00 am, and by 7:18 we were on the road. It is a clear sunny day. The first challenge of our trip came only an hour after leaving. Darius wasn't feeling well and you guessed it... started thro...

8 sleeps until our adventure begins. We just finished our yard work. It feels strange getting the yard ready knowing that we won't see it again until the end of summer. At this point we are organizing the house. One moment we are excited and the next grumpy. We are short on patience at the moment so sorry if you crossed our path at the wrong time lol :). If we survive the next eight days then I'm sure we can survive anything in Europe.