The Trek Up North!

I can’t believe it has already been a week since my last post! Where has the time gone? Since my last post I have ran the beaches of Normandy, got the romantic fever in Paris, visited the site of the Battle of the Bulge (Bastogne), saw the Mannekin Pis while stuffing myself with 8 of the famous waffles in a 24 hour period in Brussels, ran the tower in Brugge by myself while dining on the most delicious chocolate in the world, smelled the stench of a cheese factory in Holland, watched an awkward Dutch boy (Remón) make some Clogs at a clog factory, saw the first sight that is going to be destroyed in the millennium (Amsterdam), listened to some of the best talks in Sacrament meeting in four different languages, had a moving visit to the house of Anne Frank, and had a blast seeing the sights in between all these with phenomenal friends. If that wasn’t a run on sentence then I don’t know what is. That really is my week in a nutshell!

There is no way I can describe all those experiences listed above without spending all my time typing it up. I will do better to type things up so I can post them when I get free Internet at random McDonalds throughout Europe ☺.
I feel the best way for me right now to describe some of the places and things I have seen is by pictures. I will try to post quite a few below. Hopefully I can download them all before my time run outs.

Along with all the wonderful things I have seen are all the amazing visits we are able to have with a lot of big people around the world. From meeting with some big name attorney’s, to a guy from The Division of Homeland Security in charge of NATO. We also met with a local and international retailing big wig from Delhaize. They have gave some motivating and inspiring speeches that have made me want to do so much more with my life. What an experience to be having!

Tonight is our last night in Amsterdam and then we head south from here until the end of our trip.

One of our awesome "Bro Pic's" overlooking the Eiffel Tower.

This Museum was crazzy! There was so much to see and to do. This is me with my friend Alex.

I ran the beaches of Normandy and visited the Normandy American Cemetery. This was an amazing site to see.

These cannon's were so far inland that you could barely see the ocean. But they could shoot ships 18 miles away in the ocean off the coast of Normandy. I went up for a better view.

There is a ship in the distance! Ryan and I manning our cannon!

A wonderful pose at the Gardens at the Rodin Museum in Paris. This is one of my favorites!

I tried to take the armor off this pony to use on my own and he went crazy.

Somehow I survived.

A view of Paris and the Eiffel Tower from the top of Notre Dame.

A great view of the Seine River from the top of the Eiffel Tower.

What way was this picture taken? Turn your computer screen if you have to.

I was taking charge of this cannon at the Army Museum.

The gardens of Versaille! They went on for miles. It was a beautiful day too!

A great view in Amsterdam!

Me and my friend Maddison out from of the house Anne Frank grew up in.


Our group out to church in Amsterdam.

What a great experience!


We got to go to see PSG (Paris Saint-Germain).

The great futbol team that just one the French Cup.

Biking around the huge gardens and lake at Versaille. What a sight.

A great view of Brugge, Belgium.


My giant clogs at the clog making factory in Holland.


Me and the Mannekin Pis. Someone decided to dress him up for the day.

Usually he has much less clothes on. ;)


Getting fat on Belgium Waffles. Yum

The monument commemorating the 50 States at Bastogne.

This is where the Battle of the Bulge took place.

The American Cemetery in Normandy.

What a sight to see!

The floating trailers in the canals around Amsterdam.

This is my definition of a red neck yacht club!

The sanitation workers went on strike before we got to Amsterdam so there was garbage everywhere. Just something to add to the filthy things of this city.

This sure was a great week! So much to do so little time!