Bike Riding

Today we adventured out on bikes. With the help of our new friends (Joraam and Rosaly) who hosted us for Friday night dinner, Saul planned a wonderful bike ride in the area north of Amsterdam. It began with a ferry ride with our bikes to the otherside of the river IJ. The ferry ride was about 5 minutes. Jory began the day in a bike seat in front of Saul that is up by the handle-bars. By the end of the day we had moved her into "the box", which is literally a box with a seat and seat belt that is placed between the front wheel and the handle-bar. These seem to be very popular around Amsterdam - good for carting your kids, dogs or groceries. Jory looked like a little princess eating her cheerios being driven around by Saul.

We explored the wetlands and saw some really unbelievable pastural scenes as well as beautiful old towns. We do not have so many photos from our adventure so you will have to trust us that it was beautiful! Check out our map - still working on remember the entire route - but this should give you a nice idea of our trip.

Ton Fun

While Liz and Mark explored the world of den Haag - or at least some of the museums - Saul and Jory went to the recommended indoor fun center known as Ton Fun. Please note, that adults are not allowed in without being escorted by a child!

In den Haag

Mark and Liz took a day trip to den Haag today, while Jory and Saul explored Amsterdam a little more. If you want to check-out a little bit about Liz and Mark's adventure's you can follow this link to their google map.

Here is a photo that Liz took with her camera, of Mark taking a picture with his camera at the Escher Museum. If you look closely, in the sphere that Mark is holding you can see Liz relfected...this was as close to an Escher style affect that Liz could figure.

In Amsterdam

The whole family has arrived and we are loving our time here. We are staying in a truly special home. The house is in the neighborhood known as the Joordan. We are walking distance from lots of terrific places. The house comes with a lovely cat as well as two rabbits who live in the beautiful backyard. Needless to say between the cat and the rabbits, Jory would be happy to hang around the house all day! Here is a self-portrait of teamliz.

Please follow this link to an interactive map, courtesy of google, to check-out some of the places we have visited, and would like to visit during this vacation.

On a Jet Plane

We had a relatively easy trip from Newark to Amsterdam. Jory slept some, enjoyed an episode of The Simpsons and LOVED looking out the window. Here is a shot of Saul and Jory enjoying our landing.

Summer Vacation

Team Liz is about to tour the world again, well actually just Holland! But we are super excited. We are heading out to the Netherlands for two fabulous weeks. We are thrilled that Mark (Saul's brother) will be joining us for a week of our time there. The packing started a couple of days ago and we are reaching critical mass! We will try to post some of our adventures on this blog - but certainly check-out our Facebook profiles for current photos.

This photo is from our last trip in Amsterdam in June 2006.

Adventure in Norwalk

Liz and Jory drove up to Norwalk, CT to spend some time with our friend Mike and his kids, Paul and Martha. They explored the wonders of the Norwalk Aquarium...a pretty fun place for small kids, actually.

Dershstock

How do you know it's summer? You can find Team Liz celebrating July 4th with our friends at Dershstock an annual party near Woodstock, NY. Here are some fun photos from our weekend.

Seen here, Saul and Jory with one of our weekend hosts, Adam.