Mont Saint-Michel

I can't begin to express what a fantastic place this was. Pop said it best, "Walt Disney couldn't have come up with anything like this!" It truly belongs in a story book.

Fog rolled in from the English Channel and obscured everything but the castle. It loomed out of the mist. As we entered the gates, though, we found a lively world of tiny shoppes that lined the road heading up to the abby. We went into the chapel of St. Michael, ate dinner in a cozy restaraunt, and explored the walled city. If you ever get to France...

Maddie with Gran and Pop at Le Havre Harbor

We arrived from Belgium Tuesday evening from Belgium and stopped for a beach-side dinner at Le Havre overlooking the English Channel. Wonderful weather and great French omelettes!

Norman Church in the Fog

Gran's Studio in Belgium

Maddie spent the day with Gran in her studio at school while Pop and I went to the Waterloo battlefield. Maddie painted a really neat picture and Gran finished her landscape.

Amsterdam with Gran and Pop

Amsterdam was awesome. We went to the Anne Frank House and toured the city on the canal boats. Lovely old city and very nice people.

Kurt and Maddie in Europe

These are castles on the Rhine in Germany that we saw on the first day. Do we look like we flew all night?

Great week with Ayaka

We all bonded with Ayaka this week, and it was sad to see her fly back to Japan. Jesse will be over in June, though, and maybe Maddie and Jim too someday. Hello to the Ngai Family when you see this post!

Ayaka, our Japanese daughter

Ayaka arrived at our house yesterday from Kakuda Japan. She is very pleasant and is fitting in with our family well. She brought us wonderfully fun gifts. We all tried our hand at oragami, and Jimmy built an antelope.