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| My biggest blog fan has her very own post! |
For $55, my mom (flight attendant) flew over to visit me in Delft! She arrived on Monday afternoon, and spent 3 full days with me and my "second family." The woman is immune to jet lag, and was game to do anything and everything. The first day that she arrived, she spent meeting the kids and entertaining them with her knowledge of horses. They seemed just as interested in her as she was with them, and every time Oliver had something to say to her, he would say, "Chelsea's Mom..."
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Mom insists there needs to
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Tuesday, we spent the day walking around Amsterdam, or rather, walking in circles in Amsterdam. We walked around the same block without knowing it 3 or 4 times, then laughing at ourselves each time that we realized what we had done. We hit up every cheese shop for their hundreds of samples and tried to determine our favorite variety of cheese, snapped pictures like the tourists the that we were, got ice cream and hot chocolate, people watched, and had lengthy conversations about the sex industry as we passed through the Red Light District. It rained off and on, giving us a beautiful rainbow to enjoy as we sat on a bench and licked up our ice cream and sipped chocolate.
Wednesday, I took mom out on a bike tour of Delft. Because she was on the Chelsea Tour, we stopped at the various recycling receptacles around town and dumped the plastic, glass, and yard waste from our house in their respective sites, then checked out the parks that I take the kids to, shops where I get the groceries from, sampled more cheese from the cheese shops, and took pictures of iconic monuments. I can't believe we never made it to Plan B for ice cream! We came home with a load of groceries, then spent a total of FIVE hours cooking meals in the kitchen. We made a pot of minestrone, two lasagnas, and enchiladas for the family to eat for the next week.
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| Waiting for the bridge to come down |
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| Gate at the entrance of Delft |
Thursday, mom had heard so much about the boat tour that we had taken in our first week in Delft, that she had to check it out for herself. So Oliver and I accompanied her on a floating tour of the canals. We also spent an hour and half walking through the Thursday Market, petting the Belgian horse which Oliver seems to have an obsession with, and snacking on Krentenbollen, Dutch raisin rolls.
That evening, mom presented the boys a thank you gift of two shields to complete their knight costumes, and me a birthday present - a Delft plate with a windmill scene to add to my plate collection back home. After a dinner of enchiladas, mom and I went out to enjoy a drink. It felt like fall as we strolled along the cobblestone roads. Thankfully, mom shares my affinity for peering through windows at dusk to catch a glimpse of how other people live. I led my mom to a bar that I have been wanting to be a patron, Wynhaven. I call it Joe Bar because it reminds me of a cute cafe on Capital Hill in Seattle, except for hundreds of years older. It was everything that I hoped it would be. We got a table on the mezzanine, overlooking the very old, cool space of the bar. We ordered two Duvels, commemorating the first beer that I ever ordered in a bar, which just so happened to be with my mom in Holland, 5 years ago. How lucky I am to make such fond memories with my mom. I savored the beer, as I did the moment, up on the mezzanine level, across from my lovely mama.
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| Wynhaven Bar |
Thanks for visiting us, mama, and for all of your help doing the dishes, preparing meals, and playing with the kids! You're amazing!
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| Amsterdam |
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| Line to get into the Anne Frank Huis |
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| View across the canal from Anne Frank's Huis |
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| Cheese Museum: I pay homage to the almighty cow |
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| Where we spent most of our time while in Amsterdam |
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| Amsterdam's rooftops |
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Posing with our buddy, the boat on the canal.
This one was special because...? |
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| Amsterdam |
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| This resturant clearly did not follow American Health Department regulations |
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| Where we dined for lunch |
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| Catching up on some Lonely Planet: Amsterdam |
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Not exactly what this castle like building was, but it was in the
middle of Amsterdam and made for a good picture! |
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| Bikes as far as the eye can see |
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| The Rainbow Connection |
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| Apparently my mom is laughing because of how funny I look while snapping pictures of the rainbow. I was bundled up in my raincoat (with the hood on), and a scarf that came up to my sunglasses. |
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| Back in Delft at the city's gate |
For $55, my mom (flight attendant) flew over to visit me in Delft! She arrived on Monday afternoon, and spent 3 full days with me and my "second family." The woman is immune to jet lag, and was game to do anything and everything. The first day that she arrived, she spent meeting the kids and entertaining them with her knowledge of horses. They seemed just as interested in her as she was with them, and every time Oliver had something to say to her, he would say, "Chelsea's Mom..." 
Wednesday, I took mom out on a bike tour of Delft. Because she was on the Chelsea Tour, we stopped at the various recycling receptacles around town and dumped the plastic, glass, and yard waste from our house in their respective sites, then checked out the parks that I take the kids to, shops where I get the groceries from, sampled more cheese from the cheese shops, and took pictures of iconic monuments. I can't believe we never made it to Plan B for ice cream! We came home with a load of groceries, then spent a total of FIVE hours cooking meals in the kitchen. We made a pot of minestrone, two lasagnas, and enchiladas for the family to eat for the next week. 
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