Everyone's Favorite Part of the Trip

Tess's was Anne Frank House because #history

Michael's was Banksy because graffiti #art

Megan & Alyssa's favorite was living and being with Tulips and flowers because #nature

There She Goes

And the group is officially broken up 😭

... Until next time 😉

(With Patrick....)

Home in the USA

After getting sent all over in boarder protection  and customs we made it thru and are back home! Welcome to the family Monahan's us Smith's get stopped in customs all the time get use to it!

Some look happy to be home some don't... 

No matter what it was an awesome trip!!

Hurry!

Hard at work on their finishing blog post. Time to board our first flight!

On our way home

Here we go, goodbye Netherlands!

Why haven't we boarded yet?!

Here we go... First flight!

Byyyyye water bottle

Goodbye to the worst water bottle in the world!! When initially leaving my place in Vermont I couldn't find my water bottle I usually use and being in a rush to beat the freezing rain that was supposed to happen I took the worst water bottle in the world with me because it was the first one I could find. Throughout this trip this water bottle has soaked my shoes and socks on the plane, wet multiple bags, leaks when I drink from it and has been the biggest pain in the butt this trip (besides Michael 😂). We just got to the airport and instead of dumping my water before security I dumped the entire bottle!! Such a weight has been lifted off my shoulders!

Last Night Out on the Town Ends With a Pleasant Surprise

For obvious reasons we had a little photo shoot on our way home =]

Safety first

My mother was worried about our safety, but she has no reason to worry because our airbnb host was sure to leave us with vital information like the emergency number and closest hospital number.

Also vital supplies such as a first aid kit.

One thing the host did slack on is life preservers #houseboat

24 Hours Cheese Challenge!!!!

 On our way back to Amsterdam, we stop at Gouda and brought a lot of Gouda cheese. Although all of us didn't do the 24 hours cheese challenge, back in Lisse I ate a whole block of cheese between two different cheeses (Ginger and 1 year Gouda) while playing Ticket to Ride. But we are bringing back a lot of cheese. 

"Cheese #art"

On our way to Amsterdam, we stopped at Gouda and brought a lot of Gouda Cheese!

Look at how many cheese places are in the Netherlands!!!

Cheese, Cheese and More Cheese! 🧀🧀

Houseboat

Here's our view from our house boat. 

And here is the outside of that house boat.

Per tradition of most of our photos, we took many and in each of them there is either someone not ready, or talking, or not smiling thus here is another rendition with slightly better faces but slightly less boathouseboat.

Anyways, houseboat brings up an important question: how do you steer a houseboat?

Pancakes

Got some pancakes.  They're much thinner than the ones you would find in the USA.  They separate them on the menu between sweet and savory.  They reminded me of a crapes.  One savory pancake had toppings you would find on a pizza, which was our favorite (minus Tess because it had meat on it).  It had crispy pepperoni and/or salami and crispy cheese.