Marilyn comes to town

Derek mom, Marilyn, came to Amsterdam in her first international travel experience. We had a whirlwind trip throughout Europe planned - 6 countries in 2 weeks: Ghent, Belgium; Paris, Luxembourg (a stop for coins); Germany, and Rome. We had a great time. With over 700 pictures (between all of us), I tried to be selective and post the best of the best to summarize the travel and the trip (there are more Rome pictures from my first visit in August already on the website). The highlights of the trip included: walking into the bed and breakfast through a seedy looking hallway in Ghent (which opened up into 2 very nice rooms- luckily), the Paris night bike ride and boat tour, the show at Moulin Rouge, staying at the only hotel on the Champs Elysees (complaints of Derek ownership in the Marriott), the stop in Luxembourg for coins (got one), getting to know Navie (our new navigation system), Marilyn asking - "what time is it" while writing in her journal, the mean people in Paris who wouldn't serve us a baguette, the search for a little Coke bottle, finding it, and getting it from the restaurant, "what do you mean you have to pay for the bathroom?", the search for leather purses in Rome (Derek and Todd should be honored for enduring that experience), the German castle, the intense card playing which occurred (Derek and Todd continued their winning streaks), some fantastic meals and wine in Rome, and alot of good old fashion fun. We all had a great time and a great vacation together.