weekend in europe

i'm not quite sure how to begin this post....

i guess i'll just say......my husband, my amazing, spontaneous, never know which way to look next, fly by the seat of his pants, constantly catching me by surprise, world as his playground, knows no bounds, romantic, loving husband of mine, surprised me with tickets to europe for the weekend.

so, off we went.......

flew thursday

 paris friday

musée d'orsay

 turned the corner, saw this, it took my breath away and then i cried

seeing my favorite painting in the world.

a degas for gabi

 the only problem with paris is......choosing what you DON'T want to take photos of....

spent a lovely evening at the church of st. vincent de paul

  

train to amsterdam friday night (i slept the entire 3 hour trip)

amsterdam saturday

a hop on, hop off canal cruise is a must...

lunch after the van gogh museum

during this visit, as well as when we lived in holland, amsterdam always surprises me by how quiet it is for a big, busy city.

rain never stops the dutch, they even go ice skating!

the amazing weekend ended on a high the highest note, and i mean the furthest "c" to the right on the piano, meeting my netherlands-loving and living brother kyle and his wife wendelien and kids lindsay and tristan for dinner. it was too wonderful to be with you guys again.

home sunday

amazing, amazing. thank you, thank you, thank you my love.