Since not all of us were lucky enough to go on this incredable 19 day vacation, I thought it would be fun to do a little daily (hopefully) blog to keep track of where they are at. Maybe do a little site seeing of our own!! :) Maybe one of them will have time to send a note or some pictures along the way.
Nicole and Darren, along with Darren's mom Glenda and her friend Gayle, started their trip yesterday. They departed Minneapolis and flew straight through to Iceland. They had a brief layover there and then landed at their first destination today, Oct 2nd, in Amsterdam. Today is also Glenda's birthday so I am sure they will have something fabulous planned for the day. The tempeture is 63 with drizzles. They are 7 hours ahead of us so I believe they should have landed and hopefully checked into their hotel by now.
As I understand it, they didn't have specific plans for Amsterdam. They were going to just check it out when they got there. In doing a little research I found there is much more to the area than tulips and windmills!! The Van Gogh museum is just a few miles from their hotel as well as the Anne Frank museum. Although I read the book years ago, I did not remember that the house that Anne's family hid in was in Amsterdam.
Check out this link! There is a really cool interactive 3D link that lets you tour the hiding place. It was a great history refreasher. For those of you in book club, it was interesting after reading Sarah's Key as well.
Anne Frank Historic Museam in Amsterdam
Stay tuned for more travel stories! I'll post travel progress and points of interest that they've seen as I hear from them!! Hope you enjoy
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