For those who haven't heard, we arrived back in the states just before Thanksgiving. The project Shawn was working on got put on hold, so we were able to come home early - we didn't mind. We had a great time but it's nice to be home.
I don't think anyone blogged about it but we did make a quick trip to Amsterdam before we left. It's a very big city but easy to get around in. The canals are neat but unfortunately we didn't have time for a canal cruise. We went to the Anne Frank House and the Rijksmuseum. A very high energy city!
Gennep Trip
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Batavia Werf
Last Saturday we went to a place called Batavia werf, where there was a reconstruction of a old ship from the seventeenth century. We got to explore the entire ship, which at some places was five stories high (even though the ceiling of the fourth level was so low that you almost had to crawl). On the inside, the ship seemed very large, though it didn't look that big from the outside. Also, they are working on building a different ship, we saw what they had already built. Ethan
the lowest level of the ship |
Thursday, October 28, 2010
London - Debbie's thoughts
Tower Bridge |
When we went to the British Museum we didn't have time to see everything but we got to see most of it. I liked the statues, gates, and reliefs from ancient Assyria the best. The Assyrian lions/griffins were awesome. They even had reliefs from a palace in Nineveh - they made me think about Job and wonder if these were from the palace of the king who repented in response to Job's unwilling message of deliverance.
Of course, no visit to London would be complete without seeing Buckingham Palace. |
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Going to England.
On Sunday we drove to the coast of France and took a ferry to England. Then we drove to London and to our hotel which was kind of strange since they drive on the left side of the road in England. We got through London by using the underground and overground metros. This is a picture of the white cliffs of dover, which was taken from the ferry.
One of the places we visited is the royal observatory, which is where time is measured from. They had lots of telescopes and machines for telling time. The observatory was on a hill, so we had a very good view of London. -Ethan
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Friday, October 22, 2010
In England
Buckingham Palace was pretty big and the Queen was living there for the time. The gate around the palace was decorated and there was a big fountain in the front.
We went and saw Big Ben, which is located right next to the Parliament house.
We saw the Eye from across the river it went really slow and rather boring.
-Anna

We saw the Eye from across the river it went really slow and rather boring.
-Anna
Thursday, October 21, 2010
The British Museum and Westminster Abbey
At the British Museum, there was an exhibit on Zimbabwean money. There was a Zimbabwean trillion dollar bill! It is amazing to realize that all the money in this picture isn't worth enough to buy a large sheet of paper! 

This is a picture of the East entrance of Westminster Abbey.
We got to go and listen to the Evensong service, which was really neat.
Here is a picture of Dad holding a broad sword.
We got to see lots of arms and armor at the British Museum and the Tower of London. I saw two swords that were as tall as Dad!

Thursday, October 14, 2010
Biking around
On Wednesday we rented bikes and rode around for the afternoon. We thought about buying some used bikes, but we would only be here for two more months, so we didn't. The bikes were very nice, and we rode for about three or more hours. We were pretty tired after riding that much, so we just relaxed the rest of the evening and Thursday. -Ethan
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