saturdays are the best

today turned out to be a wonderful day. we had originally planned to go to this place near amsterdam, but one fun detour led to another and we ended up enjoying the day a different way! our first stop was to go inside a windmill! i had never been inside one before and it was so cool! i had never known that people lived in them which i think is the coolest thing ever. they had set up the inside of the windmill as a kind of display of the type of house that would be inside of one and it was really neat!

as you can tell from this picture above ^^^ the dutch stairs are scary. they are all super steep... i will never get used to these death traps

i thought this sign was so cute!

this is me standing under a sign that shows how far under sea level we are. how crazy!

after we looked inside the windmill we were off to our next desination! Volendam! This is a little village near the big water dam that makes part of the ocean a lake! The little village there is very touristy - so in light of it being the hot spot for people from all over the world (mainly japan) we decided to be like the tourists and get our picture taken...

this picture is so great :)
after our fun photoshoot, we walked around the village and topped off our day with a nice meal outside in the last bit of nice weather

the cutest little face you ever did see!!! :) ^^

i had such a wonderful spontaneous day with the most kind, generous, and best family ever! i always have the best time with them and whatever we do ends up being such a great adventure!

xoxo