Day one in the Motherland

Hello everybody!

I made it! After lots of packing and unpacking and repacking (thanks mom and josh for the help!) we made it to the airport and found out my bags weighed 48 lbs and 50 lbs! Whoo-hoo!! I was glad that they didn't weigh anymore because I don't know what I would have taken out, and my 2 carry on bags were packed to the brim! I made my connecting flight just fine and when I got on the plane from Detroit to Amsterdam it became very real to me that I was actually going... As I looked around at all the people from other countries all speaking different languages, I knew I was in for a treat when it comes to people watching :o) I sat next to this sweet older woman from Poland ( I think ) and she didn't speak hardly any English at all, but she kept trying to talk to me. It was quite fun! At one point, I was attempting to sleep and she stuck her pillow behind me neck and gave me a kiss on my forehead and said " Ok! Sleep!" So cute :o) The flight was crazy long, and I got about 2 hrs of sleep, however i LOVED looking out at the sunset over Canada and the sunrise over Ireland. It was absolutely beautiful.
When we got to Amsterdam I was looking down at the water and they have wind energy propellers in the ocean. I thought that was kind of cool, apparently Holland is very into that right now.. and there were TONS of boasts in the water as well. When I got my bags from baggage claim I loaded them on a cart like I knew what I was doing and was very much relieved to see Maurieen waiting for me right outside the baggage claim door. She was so sweet, she gave me a hug and bought me a latte (i must have looked like I got ran over by a truck). When we were leaving the airport we had to go down to the garage, and they have these escalator things.. they are kind of like the moving sidewalks in the airports, except this was an escalator so you could get the baggage cart on it.. well this puppy was STEEP... and I didn't secure my bags, so off they went. It was so funny.. ok, maybe it wasn't THAT funny, but due to sleep deprivation it was stinkin' hilarious! I don't think Maurieen knew what to do with me, so she just laughed too.
We didn't do much the rest of the day since I was so tired, but tomorrow we are going to De Hauge and Camille (the current nanny) is going to show me around. Yay! I'm sure I'll have lots more to say the next time I write :o)