First few days in Holland

We had a comfortable trip to Holland. The plane was not full so they let us pick our seats after the plane had taken off. Marv found a great seat next to a lady and her baby with LOTS of leg room. They brought us drinks, dinner, snacks, more drinks, more snacks, and ended with breakfast. Each meal was served with a nice warm towel.
Ben had told us to head for the "rental car" area, out the door and he would be there waiting for us....and he was. Thanks Ben!
John had told us to be sure and stay awake...so Ben and Ruth took us on our first "metro" ride to their mall. The station is just around the corner from where they live.
There was a young lady on the metro with a bunch of flowers. I commented to her on how pretty they were...she said "here, take them". "Oh, no, I was just commenting on how pretty your flowers are". She then explained that she was a dance teacher and had just completed a recital. Her pupils had given her all these flowers...and she was going on a trip tomorrow and would have to throw them away. We kept the bouquet of roses and mums and did a "pay forward" activity with the long stem red roses. As we walked through the mall we would see some one we thought would enjoy a rose and gave them one. It was way fun.
This is a picture of the canal between their home and the metro station...canals everywhere. When a child enters school they have to have swimming lessons. Once they know how to swim they have to pass a test with all their clothes on, shoes, back pack, coat....then are throw in the water and have to swim to safety.On the 28th we celebrated Ruth's birthday and many other April birthdays!


We brought Ben a case of Vines...the best!

FINALLY the notice came that their license was approved for their car.
This is a picture of the little, tiny car Ben and Marv had to drive to pick up their car.

They are sooooooo very HAPPY to finally have their own car from the states.