So where to start????
Since London I have been very very busy. The week after London I was getting ready to welcome my parents, sister and brother to the Netherlands plus doing like a million other things like a volleyball tournament, Alpha bible study, joffer, and anything else that looked interesting. I hardly saw my host family that week. Then Friday rolls around and I have to be on the 5:48am train from Zwolle to Amsterdam in order to meet my brother's flight ..... my aunt had emailed me that my parents and sister were unable to make the second flight so they were going to fly to London and get a flight from London to Zwolle later. ......... Long story short ..... my parents and sister don't make it to Zwolle until 4:45pm.
My host family had invited my family to dinner that night so we had a gezellig time together. I think that everyone liked each other which is a wonderful thing.
My parents had rented a small house about 25 min drive from Zwolle so I stayed with them that weekend .... we did a lot of driving around the country....I am surprised at how small the Netherlands really is ...I knew that it was small but I never realized how small.
Meanwhile my host mom and kids went to my host mom's parent's house while my host dad started redoing the flooring in the living room and dinning room area.....when I came back on Sunday evening the housed looked in disarray. But by the end of the week the house was back to normal.
My parents had a good time and I really enjoyed seeing them. I took Ginger and Leland to the Joffer on Tuesday night and had fun with them too.
They left on Thursday.

Friday I left right after class to go with Jennifer, Tymona, Nicole, Bev, Emily and Bryan to Paris!!!
So that was amazing.... we saw all the cool sights and I took lots of pictures. We went to the Louve and I saw some really famous works ...Mona Lisa and many others.... we only had 1½ hours there ....... not nearly enough . Paris was awesome but it rained a lot on Saturday but it was still fun. Sunday the group split up and Nicole and I headed out to the Chateau de Versailles. The one word that came to mind was Ginormous!!! The palace was great but the 'Gardens' or forest *(whatever you want to call it) was beautiful! Even with out the fountains running and with nothing in bloom it was breathtaking! I think it is my favorite place that I have been so far. (I think it even tops London!)

We got back to Zwolle about 10:30 last night and I wish that our weekends were longer!