The Rusticus Reader: April 2013

The Netherlands

Last leg of our journey. I would argue the best leg...simply because we are all together everyday. The family vacation portion. We arrived to our apartment in Hoorn on Friday night around 9pm. A bit later than anticipated because we had a delay for de-icing at the Warsaw airport. (Parenting at its best when you are sitting in an airplane on the runway for 1 hr.) At times it has seemed that the cold and snow were following us. Woke up to 4 inches in Krakow Friday morning, then to Warsaw with delay, then Netherlands, where we had some snow both Saturday and Sunday, but gave way to beautiful sunshine yesterday afternoon and today.

Here's a few final picture of Krakow to give you an idea of the market square. The Cloth Hall runs down the center with dozens of merchant booths, 2 very old churchs stand within the square, an Easter Market was set up outside, and the Square includes many cafes, shops, and restaurants.

We enjoy our location in The Netherlands and it has been a good spot for the exploring we've done throughout The Netherlands. Saturday we stopped in Apeldoorn to see the city and house where Jeremy's dad was born.

Brinkhorstweg 1

Then we headed to Apeldoorn's center to check it out and grab lunch.

Bagel sandwiches and coffee at Bagels & Beans

Buren and the Marechaussee (military police) Museum were our next stop. Jeremy's Opa served in the Marechaussee for many years and his uniform is in the museum.

Tough cop

Sunday we ditched the car and took the train into Amsterdam for the day. Evan was not excited at all! :)

We attended Easter service at the English Reformed Church. Built in the 1490's, this church has been worshipping at this location since 1607. It stands within the Begijnhof, one of the oldest inner courtyards in the city of Amsterdam.