Bike rides and movie making

I am enjoying my time in Holland immensely. Last night I went for a bike ride with my aunt and uncle all around Helmond. We stopped at my cousins Alinda and Patrick's home for a cup of tea. It was wonderful to see them, their English is very good so we were able to have a lovely conversation and get caught up on each other's lives. Today I spent the day with Marjan, Jeroen and their children. Although I can not understand their children, I found their stories and antics highly amusing. They found it very amusing that I did not understand Dutch and told their Mom that my English sounded very silly to them. We went for a walk in the village and bought a few groceries at the local super market. The afternoon was spent relaxing, watching the children swimming in the pool, and I caught up on my journal writing.
Tonight, the whole family came together for dinner to spend some time with me. My cousin's children quickly discovered that I could take small movies on my camera and for the rest of the dinner begged me to "take a picture with sound"and then show it to them. I now have MANY videos of them chatting away in Dutch. Hopefully my dad can translate them when I am home:)
Tomorrow Marjan and I will travel to Amsterdam and enjoy the sights there. In true Dutch form we bought water bottles and raisin buns for the train ride, because the food will be too expensive on the train:) We will hopefully meet up with a past University roomate of mine who currently lives in Amsterdam. I look forward to visiting some old familiar sights.