Amsterdam

After Luxembourg, we travelled to Nieuwerkerk aan den Ijssel, near Rotterdam, which is where my aunt and uncle live. They were the most amazing hosts ever!!!! Here we met up with my sister and her family, and also my parents. Our first day, we had a family reunion brunch, where I met many of my relatives and some that haven't seen me since I was 6 years old (not so many years ago...). The next two days, my parents watched Jack and Maddy, so that Andrew, Adam, Rose and I could go to Amsterdam. Poor Charlie had to tag along with us but we had a great time in Amsterdam.
We visited the Anne Frank House, Rembrandthouse, the Rijksmuseum, Vondelpark, the Dam Square, the Red Light District, Oude Kerk, Nieuwe Kerk, the Heineken Experience, and of course a canal tour to top it all off! I've always wanted to go to Amsterdam, and although it was a bit dirtier than I expected and the red light district made me sad for the girls, it was a great city!!! And it was fun to practice a little bit of Dutch (although everywhere was English too).
Thanks to Oma and Opa for watching the kids, it would have been more difficult to see all these things if we had all of them with us.