Two weekends ago, my high school friends Jessica and Matt came over from London with their daughter for a visit! The kids have spent some quality time together the past few summers and were excited to see each other again. We packed a lot of Dutch fun into the long weekend!
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| Some playground time in the Jordaan after arriving by train into Central Station |
The kids could not wait to reunite Friday after school so we explored Amsterdam a bit after their trains arrived, but got home in time for some take out Indonesian. After the kids had eaten, all three went up to Jude's room to play and we didn't hear from them for an hour (and the place wasn't trashed). It was amazing!
We had some stormy weather so they got the full experience of biking in the rain and wind Saturday. We met up with Jude and Naomi after soccer and spent the morning popping into cafes and seeing the outdoor art installations of Art Zuid. Pete got the workout with the three kids in the bakfiets.
Pete attended ISA graduation in the afternoon and we took advantage of nap time and the kids playing nicely together at the house before an evening out to celebrate Audra's birthday at Los Pilones. It turned into a lovely evening so we stopped for a drink and stroll along the canals.
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| Likely saying something sassy :) |
Sunday was a beautiful day and Pure Markt was at Amstelpark, which is a short bike ride away. There were some sore bike bums in the group so it was a good choice! The kids enjoyed the rides and games at the kiddie park and also the playground. The adults enjoyed the food trucks. Matt had to leave to get back to London for work on Monday so Pete took Maeve home with him for rest while the big kids stayed to play.
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| We weren't sure if the big kids should do the bumper boats on their own. The answer was probably not :) |
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| They cracked us up with their zipline antics! |
Audra and Brad invited us for a boat ride so we went straight into the centrum by metro. It had been a long day in the sun for the big kids (plus Naomi was woken up by our early risers). You can see how they reacted with the below pics of them chilling on the fat boy. So happy to have our Sunday pizza routine is back!
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| Thank you, lovely hosts |
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| Ha! |
Jessica and Naomi left Monday afternoon so we had a final morning together, spent at the pancake house in the bos. A delicious way to end a wonderful weekend. Saying goodbye was easy because we will see them again on Saturday in Mallorca! It is so great having old friends also living in Europe. Now to convince more people to move over...
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