Todd’s Visit: Driving through the Netherlands and a lazy day at home (Aug. 28th and 29th)

We went a little out of the way when driving back to Osnabrück so that we could drive along the coast. We got to see the beach (my kind of fun), the dykes for the Oosterschelde (the two engineers kind of fun), and then made a pit stop in Delft. We only had 45 minutes there before the stores were closing for the day, but we did get to see the outside of the Nieuwe Kerk and walk around the main town center with its canals and look in the stores with the beautiful blue and white pottery. Morgan even bought me a Delft vase. I hope we can get back  one more time so we can see a little more of the town! Then we drove for what felt like forever to get back home.. .who knew such a little country could take so long to get through! When we did get back to Osna we took Todd to one of our favorite Turkish restaurants to enjoy a döner.

Thursday we took it easy: slept in, ate a big breakfast, did a little laundry, and then walked around downtown to do some shopping. We ate a late lunch/early dinner at Vapiano (they have great pasta and pizza) and indulged in some tiramisu. It was nice to have a lazy day to rest our feet at home after so many days in a row of walking around sightseeing!