Seeing a New Grandson and a New Country

We returned late last night from our trip to The Netherlands to meet in person our newest grandson and to reunite with his parents and brother. This was the very first time for both Steve and I to be in this country. We fell in love with our new grandson and strengthened our bonds with his brother who is now 3 and our daughter and her husband. It was lovely to visit and become familiar with the way that they live life in this adorable little country.

We went for bike rides and lots of walking. We played with the boys and sat up late talking with their parents. We even visited another new country and city for a few hours one day. Took the train for 4 hours there and back. We certainly want to go back to Paris to spend more time there. Having only 6 hours to spend is not even close to having enough time there. We went to the Eiffel Tower and to The Louvre, which is a humongous art and history museum. I wish I would have been able to track how many steps, stairs and miles we walked that day.  We returned to their place around midnight, exhausted and realizing once again that Steve and I are not very fit - everything hurt from head to toe.

I love visiting other countries that have rich histories. I love their rich architectures and layers of centuries of cultures.
But most of all - I love being with my kids and grandsons. That is all for now. We returned home late last night after 21 hours of traveling and immediately fell into a deep sleep until about 3am when jet lag kicked in and now we catching up with all our mail and messages. Naps will come in handy this afternoon.