Last week's post!!!!

Hallo all! We have had yet another fabulous weekend! Vridag, middag we were invited to a friend of Olivia's for dinner. the same family who invited Olivia to a birthday party. Estelle and Rene have two girls named Zahra and Mya. They are a very interesting couple, very rich with culture and diversity. Estelle is from Nigeria, Rene" is Dutch, they met in the U.S. while studying in St. Louis. Their desire is to settle, someday, in Botswana, Africa nearer to Estelle's roots. It was an evening of great food and conversation...... almost like home. It was so nice to feel like "friends".
Zaterdag we visited the Market in Eindhoven.... a must do for anyone who visits. Much like the Lyndale farmers market, only in Holland!!! We bought fresh fish, oranges, peaches, olives, caramels, SOCKS!! and mums. We also bought tomaats for our burgers that we grilled for our American dinner!!!!
Which, by the way, was one of the best darn burgers I have ever had!!!!! Sunshine, warm weather, real charcoal,,,,Olivia said "where's the beans?" Now I am on a mission to find baked beans!!!

Zondag we decided to go for a walk, not just any walk!!!! Geared up with backpack #1 full of food, drinks and camera and backpack #2 for Olivia's nature journal (her own idea!) and lots of space for treasures along the way, we headed out on a three hour tour. The weather started getting rough, we thought that we were lost, if not for the courage of the fearless crew..... (sing to the tune of Gilligans Island for those of you that didn't already catch on)

No, really for a short while we were a bit lost. We walked for most of the afternoon, stopping for a bite to eat part way through. Beautiful weather, sunny and 70.