I am the walrus, googoog'joob, googoog'joob

So Mom and Dad came and went. We had a great time together, it was nice showing them all that I could. They arrived on the 11th and we stayed around here and explored this area the first 2 days. We went to Aachen, toured the dome, the treasury, the three country point and the old city in Aachen. On Saturday the family invited us to a dinner in Liege - my favorite place to eat! It was a great time having everyone together!

pic 1- Mom touching the "devil's thumb" in the door to the dom

pic 2- Mom in The Netherlands, Dad in Germany, Me in Belgium

pic 3- the family minus Alain (he's taking the photo) at dinner

On Sunday we traveled to Brussels by train and had a wonderful sunshiny day there! We shopped in the market place for a bit and just walked around the city looking at the architecture stopping for a Belgium Waffle before leaving.

pic 1- Mom and Dad in front of Mannequin de Pis; pic 2- Mom and Dad w the city behind them

On Monday we drove up to Amsterdam. We first went to the Keukenhof which was almost all in bloom! We spent about 3 hours there and then headed into the city center for a bite and quick walk through the Red Light District. We couldn't stay long because we had a flight to Liverpool that evening. We arrived in Liverpool late that night and Debra met us at the airport.

*all pics from the Keukenhof

We immediately went to our hotel for the evening and Debra started my birthday celebration with balloons, sweets and presents! Her birthday is April 19, so we traded gifts that evening and then called it a night! The following day we started our day at McD's- yay for PANCAKES!! and then went directly to the Beatles Museum (hence the name of the blog) and toured it (no camera's were allowed!) After the tour of the museum we began our walk through the city. Debra was an amazing, or was it lucky? :P tour guide. We walked around stopping to see the Cavern (both of them), A Hard Days Night Hotel, the city center, China Town, and a Huge Cathedral (the 2nd largest Angelic Cathedral in the world.) We had lunch on Albert Docks, then went to a couple museums we ran into and ended the day in Liverpool with coffee at Costa's. Or so we thought...

pic 1&2 inside the Starbucks connected to the Beatles Story

pic 3- outside The Beatles Story

pic 4&5- me at the Cavern- the stage they performed on and the wall they signed behind me

Because of a misunderstanding, we missed our flight out of Liverpool back to Amsterdam. We stayed another night in an old house that had been converted into a hotel. It was really nice. The next morning we flew back to Amsterdam and all decided that we were too tired to return into the city so we drove home and spent the day relaxing. That evening Dad and I took a walk to a castle in Kelmis then we all joined the family for a dinner that included French wines, typical German and French dishes, and the very special huge white asparagus that is only in season 3 weeks a year! The next day Natalie, Josephine and I took the parents to Dusseldorf and said goodbye. It was a short trip that exhausted all of us- but good!