It’s hard to believe we’ve been here for 100 days already. It also feels like we’ve been here for 10 years!!  I feel like we settled in to our new life pretty quickly, and that the 100 days went by so fast.

Tonight we went out with my parents for an Indonesian Rijstafel at Blauw in Amsterdam. The food was delicious and we reminisced about my Opa (my mom’s dad) who used to make this food for us when he was alive. Tasting the food brings me back to my childhood. My Opa used to make Sayur Lodeh and Rendang that was so mouthwatering delicious, that I would eat it to the point I could eat no more. Having it again here in Amsterdam is such a treat!!  There was so much food, that no one left hungry.

This afternoon I played in a Doubles tennis tournament and we won!! I was very excited to win in the tie breaker and to have to buy our opponents coffee afterwards. Whoever wins, buys the other team coffee afterwards. Isn’t that a great ritual? I loved playing the Dutch ladies and hearing their stories about Sinterklaus and how one woman lives in the same small village where she was born. Her dad also lives in the same house where she was born!!  Wow! Stability… I wonder what that’s like?? Actually, I had it for the first 20 years!! It’s just been changing ever since!! 

Juliana left with her volleyball team on the team bus for a 7 hour ride to Hamburg. We were all going to go too, but decided at the last minute, against it! We’re just now finishing the laundry from our week way last week. I couldn’t even imagine traveling again right away. A girl has to rest, right?  Ya, right!!  

All is well in Holland. Wishing you all the same!!  xo Adriana