Train Ride

Lauren finally got to ride the train today. After breakfast we got ready and headed to the train station. We took a 20 minute train ride to the "big city" Groningen north of Assen. Once we got there we toured the city on foot and made our way to the canal. We ate lunch at a ship moored in the canal that has been turned into a restaurant called "t' Pannekoekschip", or The Pancake Ship. Pancakes are a favorite of the Dutch, but they differ from the pancakes we are used to yet still quite tasty. They are more similar to crepes and are served with anything you can imagine on top of them. I had mine with bacon, ham and cheese. The bacon was underneath the pancake and the ham was on top, sort of cooked into the pancake. Lauren said she liked the bacon better than she liked the pancake.

I have seen a sign here that is very amusing to me. It is posted where dogs are not allowed to poop.


Once we made it back to Assen, I finally drove the car. I made I trial run to Lauren's school. It went well, I just have to get used to no stop signs. After making it to her school, we drove on to a park in the forest where they have a pond and petting zoo. The kids enjoyed this, Justin especially liked petting the rabbits, but Lauren still wants to find "just a big playground".

Lauren starts school tomorrow and tonight we were discussing how she would be going to school and learning a lot of things and she said "yeah, about God." She is so used to going to the Weekday Learning Center and going to chapel everyday. She assumed that was what you learned about in school and didn't understand why you wouldn't. It made me a little sad myself. Tomorrow is a big morning for us!