Summer in the Netherlands

For the month of July, Johan, Bas, Sven and I headed to Utrecht to visit Oma and Opa Brouwer, as well as Sven's brother, Arvid, and his two daughters, Vlinder and Madalief, who are the same age as our boys.

Johan quickly renewed his friendship with Vlinder, who is three months older than him, and we spent a wonderful week on the island of Texel with everyone, exploring the beach and enjoying the amazing playgrounds and pools in the vacation village where we stayed in a beautiful 5-bedroom house with a sauna.

Johan adapted very quickly to the time change, but Bas had a harder time and reverted to 11:00 and 3:00 wake-ups for the whole month, much to my despair!

We had lots of wonderful adventures while we were in Holland, including trips to the beautiful Amersfoort zoo and the Dolfinarium, as well as to the train museum. I spent a night in Brussels with Bas, hanging out with Marie, who was my high school exchange partner 20 years ago! Sven and I also spent a night without the kids in the beautiful town of Delft... and that was a real treat as well.

All in all, we had a wonderful visit and look forward to the next time Johan can visit with Oma and Opa and play with Vlinder.