Hello Again..

It's been almost two weeks. I am slowly getting back into the routine of things. I recently was in England visiting a friend of mine. It was so nice to get away and not do a whole lot. It's easier to relax when you are in someone elses house, where you can't do anything. No cleaning, cooking etc. I didn't do a whole lot of sight seeing as Eric and I did a TON back in June. I ventured outside everyday, but for nothing too exciting. I found a yarn store, so I am making some scarfs right now. We went to see the movie Up in 3D--that was pretty neat. Just spent quality time together.

I think we decided we were going to go to Switzerland for New Year's. We'll be in Frankfurt for Christmas so we'll just head south. Eric really wants to see some snow, and try our snowboarding. Not me, I will enjoy my hot chocolate.

Until the next time....

Entertainment....

at the wrong time. Last night, as usual, I was sleeping before Eric, and then all of sudden I was scared awake with Eric jumping over me to get out of bed. I said, "what are you doing?" "There is a fight outside, I am going to check on it" he said. Of course I had to follow and see what all the yelling was about. Not that we understood anything, except---"Let me go, leave me alone." Eric opened the windows, let in the cold air to see what was going on. Someone heard the window open and looked up and said, "Pardon, Pardon". We didn't respond, just continued to watch. They finally left this alley, and moved to the center court area, but we still heard them. It was 1:30 in the morning...lovey. Then as we laid in bed trying to get back to sleep, we had a nice discussion about what the number is for the police. We know it is not 911, I think it is 112. We were also told, that you can call the police, but they don't always respond like they do in the states. I'll have to find out the police number.

Sorry, I haven't been on the blog all week. Tuesday and Wednesday, there was a basketball tournament, and I volunteered there all day. Guess, nothing excited happened on Thursday and Friday....Saturday we were up and moving at 7am!! Basketball started at 10 and we needed to leave at 845am. Played games until 2, then we left to go to another game, at 330. We arrived to the gym, and we looked in the windows and it was not even close to basketball. There was ball room dancing! :) We just laughed! So we called a Dad and he told us how to get to the other gym in the town. I've never seen such a thing in live, only on t.v. It was interesting. The cadet team won 103 to 68 or something. We finally moved onto the last game of the evening for 8pm.

Today--lazy! Love it. Eric just left for a game. I stayed behind as I am going to help make pizzas for the women's and mens games this evening. Right now, it is 2pm which equals an English movie! I am going to move to the couch, and hopefully take a nap too, after our eventfull midnight entertainment. Ahh.

Until the next time....Aloha

The Netherlands

Today was a "holiday" for us. The gym was closed for the day, so no practice! We decided to drive over to Holland. It is only a two hour drive to the lower part of the country. We ended up in Maastricht. It is a pretty good size city as there is a University there. A lot of people ride bikes--we haven't come across a place like that, yet. I did read online, that bike theft is big. What we did get to see, it was beautiful. We started in downtown, and walked thru the stores and did a bit of shopping. Ended up on the water front and walked along for a bit. We eat lunch and then ended at a bakery--they lady was super and gave her favorite bread. It was a tad expensive, but it was worth it. We walked thru some random stores, and in on particular store, I found the best christmas gift for those who live in the cold country. I picked up one, and then Eric said, why don't you get three, so they don't fight! So, I got three. I don't know why no one thought of this IDEA in the bitter cold north. You'll just have to wait! :) The people there were very friendly, in our opinion. We also felt lost with the language. We laughed as we said we were just starting to "understand" German and French. (Like we really understand)....but the street signs etc. Sortie, is exit Luxembourg....Ausfart, is exit in German and now Uit is exit in Dutch. The only cool thing I did notice, was the lotions or whatever it was you looked at, it had English and Dutch. You don't find that a lot.

We had to drive thur Belgium on the other side of the country this time. Opposite IKEA. I was shocked at the difference between the houses from Luxembourg to Belgium, I mean right over the boarder too. The house tend to be cement in Lux, and brick, it is more like slivers of brick. It was very different. On our way back, I also noticed, the house here (lux) are more colorful, as brick is basically dark. The towns were a bit run down too.

Tomorrow and Wednesday, there is a kids basketball tournament. I was suckered in volunteering my time. Why not, nothing better todo. I was placed in the cafe---perfect!