A Weekend with Jillian

This weekend we took the train to Lelystad, about 45 minutes from Amsterdam , to a little burg called Lemmer. The purpose: to spend a weekend with Jillian and her family. Jillian was an exchange student with our family some 20 years ago in Minnesota. Originally from Barbados, she met Herbert, an Austrian one summer when he sailed into her island home Barbados. Jillian was home for a visit from in college on the East coast. After a fairytale romance (and after Jillian graduated from Rudgers with her MS in social work) they married and moved to Lemmer. Now if this doesn't sound like a movie plot I don't know what does! At any rate they've two wonderful children : Sabrina age 11 and Sabastian age 8 and they live in a beautiful home right on the water - water to the front and back actually - with boat docks on each side. Lemmer is a wonderful, vibrant waterfront town, and while it isn't the Carribean, Jill is happy that she's lucky enough to live on the water. We had a wonderful time visiting, catching up and 'solving the world's problems," as well as trekking around town to see the local celebration going on to celebrate the end of summer. Norm was in hog-heaven with all the old cars and old tractors on display; and Nancy in awe of this storybook little burg. Ah....two wonderful days with old friends in a magical place. It doesn't get any better than this!

Now we're off to Madrid in the morning.

big hugs,

Norm and Nancy