In December we went together with opa Gijs and the Aarsen family to the selection speedskating races for Winter Olympics in Vancouver. In Holland there are some many good skaters that they keep organizing tournaments till the bitter end. It was spectaculair to see them in real. Man, that goes fast. Amazing!
And emotional to see the tears from Erben when he failed.
The girls where exited to talk to some of the skaters and get there signatures.
Good luck all in Vancouver!

The last day of school this year, Holland looked like Tübingen in winter. All white. Time to get the ‘Schlitten’ and off to school. That was fun.
The next day it was even better. Vacation time and more snow.

In our backyard Inger, Nienke and Inger’s friend Carlijn started to make giant snowballs, which made a sturdy base for the ‘iglo’. When it started to get dark we also built a small ’swedish snowball pyramid’.
Watch the pictures for the result!