finally, a post about my trip to the netherlands!
highlights:
-meeting the bromance's families and seeing their hometowns. each of the three families prepared a big, typical dutch meal for me and the boys and warmly welcomed me into their homes. oskar and timmy's dads went well out of their ways to accommodate all of us during my stay. rob's parents kindly let me stay at their house... although i think they found it a bit strange having an american girl sleeping over who couldn't communicate with them at all!
-trying to ride a bike. everyone in the netherlands rides bikes EVERYwhere, anytime, any weather. i tried just about every bike the boys' owned between the three of their families... all too large. we finally gave up and i rode on the back of rob's bike. a personal cycling chauffeur? nice.
-kinderdijk. basically, a huge open field with lots of windmills. very pretty.
-learning some dutch words. because of the weather, i shivered my way through holland, constantly singing "ohh brrr brrr brrr. oooohhh brrrr." finally rob looked at me and said, "why do you keep saying 'waiter?'" apparently "ober" means "waiter" in dutch. naturally, the boys had to teach me how to say, "waiter, beer please!" i can now say beer, waiter, the numbers 1-10, the days of the week, please, thank you and a few words that are inappropriate to mention ;)
-delft. we went to the city of delft, which also happens to be where the boys go to university. it had gorgeous, colorful, quaint looking buildings. the campus itself is fairly unattractive until you go inside. because it's a technology school, everything is extremely modern and high tech. very cool. school number six, perhaps? just kidding!
-warm, gooey, carmely stroopwafels. they're basically thin waffle sandwiches with carmel in the middle. and yes, we ate them for breakfast. and yes, they also eat bread with butter and sprinkles for breakfast. dutch men must have remarkable metabolisms.
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