So here is how the story goes....back in 1608 a group of people fled England to the Netherlands. They had left the Anglican church a few years before and had founded their own religious community. Then in 1620 they decided that they should cross the waters to America so they could still worship the way they wanted to and still be Englishmen because they watched their children become more and more dutch. They hopped on the Speedwell and started to make their journey only to start leaking (later found to be sabotage) and switched boats to the Mayflower in England.
We did not make it to the church until after dark because I was in Sweden in the morning on business and once getting back to the Netherlands, decided we had plenty of time to go shopping at IKEA (we really did not). Oh well, we still had a good time anyway.
Here is a picture of the church from wikipedia so you can actually see it in the daylight:
and here is a few of our pictures, you may have to click on them to see them bigger:
3 comments:
that night was so cold but i had alot of fun! i had tights on under my pants and i had knee high socks over the tight undr the boots and i had a long sleeve shirt on wiht two sweaters and a jacket over.
Awesome Chris! It's ggod that you take the time to teach your kids like that :)
what a great experience! that is something that few american kids get to see and learn about right there :) hope your feast was delish on sat!
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