Yum! Waffles!

We had our first Belgian Waffle on Sunday morning. Probably the most expensive waffles we have ever had, but they were wonderful. As you can see from the picture above it's not like a Waffle House waffle or an IHOP waffle. Syrup is not standard here. I don't even think they have syrup for waffles. Here, waffles are usually topped with fruit and whipped cream or in Scott's case, ice cream. They are not doughy as you would expect a waffle to be but these are more flakey. If you're wondering, our 2 waffles cost $15 dollars + $6 for our bottle of water.
We drove to Zeebrugge on Sunday afternoon. This is the closest beach to us. It is about 10 minutes away. During the summer, families rent the little building out and keep all of their beach items in there so they are not hauling it back and forth everytime they come. You can't really see the water but it's the North Sea. There were about 20-30 windsurfers out yesterday. It was probably around 68-70 degrees yesterday so it was pretty windy.

I drove to HOLLAND! Yes, me. I finally made it to the "bigger" roads. We started right outside of Brugge and headed to Holland. Is the picture above what you expect of Holland? Goats! Brugge is about 20 minutes from the Holland border. Amsterdam is about 2 hours away so we basically just got to see the Holland countryside.

Spreekt u Nederlands? (Do you speak Dutch?)

Were are in about week 5 of our lessons and there are no words to describe this language. Scott and I both know Spanish but Nederlands is absolutely nothing like it. Our teacher will say "wat is koning" and Scott and I will just stare at each other. Then she'll try and act it out and we still don't get it. It's easier once you see it and put it to memory but here is a little taste of Nederlands!

koning = king

hond = dog

alstublieft = please

verpleegster = nurse

uitsekend = great

boom = tree

krant = newspaper

koffer = suitcase

Gelukkige verjaardag = Happy Birthday

Aangenaam kennismaking = Nice to meet you

Hetzelfde = The same to you

I wouldn't even try to pronounce it. We'll save that for another lesson!

We are off to Heidelberg, Germany next weekend to see my cousin. More European pictures next week!

Tot Ziens! (See you later!)