VARIOUS PICTURES FROM OUT ADVENTURE

OK boys and girls, Here are a number of pictures from the past year. they are not necessarily in any particular order.




















This is a picture of Joan and the boys in front of the largest church in Leiden. It is massive. We are on a hill about 1 kilometer away from the church.

























This is a picture of Joan in our time Wassenaar. We stopped on a bike ride

























Chris and Andrew in the London Eye. you can see Big Ben in the background.





















Andrew in the London Eye.






















This windmill had Rembrandt sails flying one weekend. It is in Leiden about 5k from where we live.





















Canal Boating with friends. Need I say more?



























Captain Rob at the helm of the canal boat....wearing a 2006 Winged Foot US Open hat no less.






Joan, Andrew and Claire on a canal boat trip.

Thats all for this post. more to come soon.

ROME TRIP OCTOBER 2007

During the boy's school break in October we went to Rome. Both Joan and I had been there 30 years ago but neither boy had been. It was an awsome trip. After a 4 hour delay in Frankfurt because of a Strike at the airport in Rome we arrived.

Our first site on Tuesday was the Trevi Fountain.





Rob and Joan at Trevi Fountain. The coins are in, we'll be back to Rome some day.


On the way to the Colusseum we passed the Tomb of the Unknown.

Rob, Chris and Andrew at the Tomb of the Unknown in Rome. It was an impressive site.

The Colosseum

Nothing more needs to be said.

The family inside the Colosseum





The cross in fromt of the Emperor's Box at the Colosseum. The sun could have not been more perfect for this shot.



The Forum


Our next stop was at the Roman Forum.





I had never even heard of the Forum but Christopher knew all about it. This was the ancient Central Market in Rome during the rule of Julius Caesar Octavianus in the 1st century BC. This was a really impressive site and we spent a good bit of time exploring. The ruins are really impressive and stretch from the current Rome City Hall on Capitoline Hill to the Colosseum.





Some impressive collums. These are the only remains of the Temple of Saturn.

Another view of the Forum.

THE VATICAN WAS NEXT

We happened to get to the Vatican at the same time as the Pope.

What a coincidence. He arrived in the Pope Mobile and toured around St Peter's Square before mounting the steps to say Mass.

While we were several hundred yards away, we did see the Pope and hear his Mass. What perfect beginning to exploring the Vatican City.

Christopher loved being at the Vatican.

We mounted to the top of the Cupola and had an unbelievable view. Below was St. Peters Square from the top of the Basillica.


A View From Our Hotel

Our hotel was located about 10 minutes from the Spanish Steps. It was big and nice and had a decent view from the balcony.

We had a great trip in Rome

This is the birth of a band. Never Ending Haze is Andrew's band formed over the summer. They played their first gig last Friday. It was a resounding success. Here is their web site:

http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MID=367137231&MemberId=4333062672

Check them out.

This is our newest addition to the Dutch Family. Turbo the Teckle is a wire haired dauschaund. we found Turbo in Asch, NL. Asch is a small town of fruit farmers 20 km south of Utrecht. He was one of 9 in the litter and his name fits his personality. Welcome Turbo!

Joan, Chris and Andrew in Luxembourg. We spent 2 days in Lux at the end of our vacation this summer. It was a great trip and in interesting end to the vacation. The Family is standing at the top of the walled city looking over into the neighboring valley.

Boating in Leiden. We had a blast in September. Beautiful weather, great company, lots of fun.

Welcome To Our Dutch Outpost

October 2007

Welcome. We are the Sullivans and we have moved from Paoli, PA in the USA to Wassenaar in The Netherlands in January 2007. We hope to be here through June 2009 when our eldest will graduate from High School. Email us at DutchSully@gmail.com with your thoughts and comments.

Cheers,

The Sullivans