June

June's blurry. Here are some of the more memorable events.

The weather is not-so sunny, but it's warm.


The new season of herring was celebrated with a public festival at Scheveningen.


Dutch people love black licorice candy (drop).




Tanya and Abi visited for a few days. Abi just moved here for school, and Tanya lived here for a semester a few years ago, so she remembered her way around. It was really fun.

The Euro Cup was (still is) on. Holland was doing amazing, and this city was cra-zy! They've since been eliminated, but there are still remnants of the fever.





Everywhere there are backpacks hanging off the flag poles of houses. I thought this was connected to the football games, but I was wrong. These backpacks mean that someone in that house just graduated highschool. As in, "I don't need this anymore!"


There was a celebratory BBQ with Ross' classmates on the weekend.

Guess what the Italians made:

P-A-S-T-A
Guess what type:

G-N-O-C-C-H-I (that is a truly amazing 'H')

My younger brother Colin was here this last weekend.





Among many activities, we went to the beautiful and un-Dutch-like Maastrict in the very south of the country. It was so hot when we got there, and then it wildly stormed in the early evening. It was so warm, though.

Waiting for the first storm to pass.

Waiting for the second storm to pass.

Waiting for the third, and largest summer storm I've ever been caught in, to pass.

We only have a few more days left in June, and this country. It's going so fast.