Apart from everyone being sick, it has been totally AWESOME having mum and Noel here :) It was sooooooooo good to see mum again, it had been 3 1/2 years. And I sure did pick them coming through the gates at the airport, they really looked the Aussie part with Noels bush hat and everything....lol. They have been really enjoying it too, and are blown away with some of the things they have seen. And Noel has to try everything, food wise, and doesnt want things they can get back home. He has been trying all kinds of traditional foods and sorts of things :)
The first 2 weeks, before they got really sick, we were out every day, even if it was just around the local area or out to dinner at the Greek restaurant or something. They dont like staying home because they want to make the most of their time and see as much as they can while they can. But it is all very tiring for all of us. We also did a few bigger trips too. We went to the little German village of Monschau and a scenic drive through the top of the Ardennes one day.
Another day I took them down to Valkenburg in Holland and three land point. 
We also spent the day in Zeeland one day, and went to the Delta Works there. This website tells exactly what the Delta Works is, but basically it was the engineering that took place to prevent another flood like the one of 1953. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Works 
Another day we went to a war museum in Overloon and Noel just loved that day out :) 
We have been shopping in Eindhoven, toured the local area, and Noel even tried the raw herring, oh my, what a face.........lol. I dont think it went down too well......lol. Unfortunately we didnt have the camera on us at that moment......lol.Monday 25 is ANZAC day. We (all 4 of us) are heading off early that morning to Flanders Fields (the western front of the first world war) to stay. The ANZAC day ceremonies begin in Ypres at about 11.30 that day and we will attend. Then we will stay there till the Friday, looking around all the war sites and memorials of Flanders Fields, Dunkirk, and the Somme. Also, hopefully visit the town of Brugge while there. From there, we will go down to Normandy in France for a further 3 nights. There is just so many more museums, memorials, and sites to see than we possibly can hope to, so we will probably mostly concentrate on the Australian ones. Hans and I will return on Monday 2 May but mum and Noel will catch the train into Paris for the night, and then come back to Antwerp by the fast train and spend a couple days with a friend of theirs in Zeeland. Their last week and a half will be here. We are also making another trip with them to the Ardennes. From there we will take them into Luxembourg, hopefully visit some amazing caves, a few castles such as the one in Boullion, and a few war museums of the Ardennes, especially in Bastogne. We also have to fit a few day trips in that time, to Amsterdam, Brussels, Arnhem, Kinderdijk and Keukenhof. I doubt we will see it all but fingers crossed for us.
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