In a nut shell - itinerary

Hello friends and family!
If you are reading this its because you were interested to find out what we are doing. Thanks! We will begin our journey in Cuijk which is my mother's home town. In fact we are living in my mom's birth home - how cool is that! Not many people can say they slept in the same home as their Oma did, when they were about the same age. Meagan and Patrick will have that chance. While in Cuijk, we will visit with my Aunt and Uncle, who live in the home now, for a few weeks. From there we plan to visit with my Dad's side of the family in Aalten, about 45 minute drive from Cuijk. Both of these towns are very close to the German border so we may take a trip through Germany on our way to Aalten one day. The rest of our time will be spent getting to know the dutch componant of my family. My mother's brothers and one sister as well my dad's three sisters and their families. We plan to do a lot of bike riding and cheese eating!
Somewhere around the end of May, early June, we will leave Holland and travel to Belgium. There we have a villa in the town of Knokke Heist. This is also very cool because my mother was a nanny very close to there when she was about 20 years old. We have some plans with our Belgium hosts but we haven't really solidified anything yet.
For the first few days of June we travel along the coast of France, working our way towards Paris. After spending a few days in Paris, we will train to the province of Brittany to a small town called Rochefort-en-terre. This is where our trip will end - almost three weeks living like they do in this Heritage town of approx. 600. There is some great information - if you can read in French - at www.rochefort-en-terre.com if you are interested in finding out some more. We come home on the 29th of June - with pictures in our camera, nothing in our wallets and good memories to share! Be well! Y

The time is passing quickly!

The countdown has been on our white board for two weeks now and as of today there are 6 more days of school and 11 days until we fly. Patrick can hardly contain himself! He is packed and ready to go while the rest of us are still trying to get everything organized. Both Meagan and Patrick have school work to accomplish before we leave and I have to complete my course - on May the 2nd. We fly to Amsterdam on May the 4th! Yahoo!

April 4th

One month to go! Spring has sprung in France and every once in a while it seems like it has here too. Weather in Holland today is in between 12 and 16 degrees Cesius. Good for tulips! :)