Well, our time in Holland is officially over, but it has been a blast!
We were able to head to Tilburg for the largest carnival in Europe for our last night in Oisterwijk and had a blast…it was pretty big and as grotesque as we expected. As you can imagine, it was a busy night and a nice way to end our time in such an incredible place.
We are on the road again….headed to Amsterdam first. Got to roam a little here and there, went to a few museums and to the Anne Frank house which was an experience. I highly recommend it, and it really put life under the Nazis in perspective.
Upon entering The Hague, we hit the ground running. We went to the famous Dutch DELFT factory that produces the blue and white porcelain which was wild. It was really neat to see and a huge part of Dutch history. Lunch in Leiden was pretty nice and the diamond polishing plant was something else to see….watch out ladies…we bought no diamonds. J
Monday we headed to Aalsmeer, the largest flower auction in the world. I have never seen so many flowers in a day (13 million). The building itself was something else, and really an experience. Ronny our coach driver headed all over the area to show us a little more of Holland before we left. Windmills, cheese and wooden shoes filled our minds and photo cards. Today was our day to visit Ahold Corp…owner of Giant and many other grocery businesses….one of the largest in the world. I was even able to catch up and have dinner with Bote, an old friend and exchange student of Randy’s from about 5 years ago which was great…plus we got to see China town of The Hague.
It is hard to believe we only have 9 days left…IBI has been an incredible experience, but all good things must come to an end. Tomorrow we head off to Paris and then to London before returning home, so there is more to come, but I am sure some busy busy days that will fly by!
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