Just returned from Cousin Camp Amsterdam, with a three-day finale in Paris
In Amsterdam, the block party at Toby and Hinke’s, Parents’ Night Out, Anne Frank, a sign for Grandma and Grandpa engineered by Hinke and visible from the Westerkerk tower, Nemo and the ship, a side trip to Madurodam, the wonderful canal boat trip hosted by Hinke’s parents Riky and Lambert, Vondelpark, Van Gogh and the Rijksmuseum.
In Paris , climbing the Eiffel Tower , Notre Dame, Sainte Chappelle, cafes, Montmartre, pony rides in the Luxembourg Gardens , learning to ride the Metro and the long walk back to the hotel through the Tuileries Gardens and down the Champs Elysees , where the Arc de Triomphe was visible from our hotel.
But mainly it was about the family being together and the shared experience. Three lost baby teeth, lessons every afternoon with G&G about the next day’s adventures, serious shopping with euros earned from online math lessons from the Kahn Academy, all eight of them learning to say “Bonjour, Madame” or “Au revoir, Monsieur” to the desk clerks as we left the Paris hotel.
Precious memories.
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