A Whirlwind Tour

It has come to our attention that our last post on this blessed forum was way back at the A&O hostel in Dusseldorf; Oh how we have fallen behind. So then, I (Mel) would just like to let you in on a bit of the adventure that has been our last twoish weeks....We left Dusseldorf and traveled north to Amsterdam, where we proceeded to find that half of King's had followed us there. Seriously, it felt like a school reunion....playing a sort of dutch bingo with everyone we saw. We left the city as soon as we got there to find our campground outside the city limits. We found it and loved it! We stayed in the coolest (in the most literal sense of the word) cabin. Great times were had. After this stay we headed back into Amsterdam and spent a little time in the city over the weekend. Also, some good times. From Amsterdam we trekked (actually we took the train) south to Middleburg where we stayed with some of the sweetest people in the world. Johann and Elly, relatives of Monique's, took us around the city, did our laundry, fed us, gave us beds to sleep in, taught us a little dutch. They were fantastic! While there, we visited Belgium via this great little tunnel that went right underneath the canals and the North Sea. Very cool. After staying there for a few rainy days, we decided that it was time to say our goodbyes and move on. Never an easy thing to leave such wonderful company. We took a train, once again, down the beautiful city of Paris which had much to offer us. We thought about tackling Paris in a day but soon realized that was completely unrealistic. I have to say that Paris has been one of my favorite cities so far. There is sooooo much to do, so much history and it's absolutely beautiful. It would help if I could speak a little french though. Oh man, so many stories to tell from paris...maybe I'll let wanda grace you with those. So many adventures in just three days. We went to the Eiffel Tower 3 times, did the Louvre, Chateau de Versailles, Arc de Triomphe, Jewish history museum, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of the Middle Ages, Notre Dame...saw a lot, have A LOT of stories to tell from Paris...ask us sometime. I have to say this...finding your way into any of the museums is a feat in itself in this great city. You can ask us about that too. We left Paris this morning and are now staying in a quaint little hotel in Caen. Tomorrow we are going to Juno beach. We've studied up on the events of D-Day and are ready to pay tribute to our great Canadian troops. It should be a good day. Well, I'm going to leave you now but be sure to stay tuned for some great stories. I'm sorry that I wasn't able to tell them all here...wanda does a much better job and so I'll leave it to her. HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you all...I'll have you know, we had a most delicious thanksgiving meal brought to us entirely by McDonalds. Our extravagant purchase of the day. So, HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND ENJOY YOUR TURKEY AND PUMPKIN PIE, CANADA....so lucky!