So my Family is from here. My Mother was born and raised in the Hague and I have have brother and sister who were born here. My brother stayed in the US, but my sister came back to live here and now has a happy little family in a small town called Woerden about 30 minutes from Amsterdam. I am so blessed on this trip to have a layover here for a day. I took the train from Amsterdam to Leiden and then to Woerden this mornig before the sun was even peeking. Coming back here always reminds me of my time I lived here with my sister in 2000 for a semester. I learned how to get around so well that year. Not much has changed, except that the canals still look a bit frozen. Last week they had the coldest week it’s been in 12 years and helf the national Ice Skating Races on the Canals all the way across Holland. Do you remember Hans Brinker and the silver skates. Yeah, that’s the story about the Ice. So wish I could have been here for that but at the same time not, since I didn’t bring a coat on this trip This evening my Aunt, Cousins and Sister’s whole family gathered for a good dutch meal of Kroket and Patats.

I’m About to catch a few hours of sleep before boarding the next flight to Ethiopia. till then.

My sister Jennifer and me.

Oliebollen stand only around during the New Year

Woerden grote kerk

Jennifer, Sharon and Marjon

brown cafe in the centrum

my cousin Sharon

dutch family dinner

organizing files next to the wooden shoe

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