Easter morning, April 24, we boarded the first of several trains that took us to Haarlem, Netherlands. I apparently had such a good run at Rummy that Bryan told me I should enter a competition (to be fair, I must also note that my good fortune did not last forever and the tables turned later in the trip). I once again enjoyed the train ride(s), spending a bit of time thinking about 1. the real meaning of Easter, for which I am very thankful, and 2. past Easters/growing up, for which I am also thankful. I have wonderful memories of looking for the eggs Mom and Dad hid...Mom put different stickers on the eggs for each of us kids and we could only find ours - that way everyone got some. And Dad could nearly burst sometimes wanting to give us clues...good times for sure!
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| Our trusty travel companions - backpacks! |
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| We saw this bicycle from the train window...pretty stellar! |
We got into Haarlem at 5:30 and walked to our hotel on the old town square. Haarlem is a cute little town, and after enjoying dinner at an outdoor cafe on the square, we took a walk through old streets and along the canals before calling it a night. Loved the architecture...such character!
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| On the town square |
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| We kept missing the opening times for this church so we'll have to go in next time! |
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| While this wasn't the most historic thing we saw, it's (lack of) size was impressive! |
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