Seeing & Understanding.

Checking in from Pien's - it has been a fun day of classes so far - one more to go this evening. Lots of happy faces and lots of tea and coffee (been drinking more tea than coffee this time around). Finding a bit of time to work on my Scrapbook on the Road, collecting the little bits here and there is really such a big part of the fun of the project.

Also taking lots of photos - so many I am excited to share when I get home. My laptop is acting up so I have not uploaded any photos as of yet. Enjoying the process of seeing through the lens as I venture around.

Yesterday, after checking out IKEA (and me so wishing there was one in Oregon - Liz, I need to come visit you guys so we can go there together), Regina, Sjoera and I climbed to the top of the Dom Tower - all 465 steps. Such a cool view of Utrecht from there. After climbing we were all in need of some rest...tomato soup and sandwiches were the answer. Seriously good tomato soup.

Last night we had a workshop for Regina's design team. Loved meeting everyone and figuring out how the class was going to run today (the first round is always interesting). They were all so gracious and kind.

It is always a bit surreal to be in a country where people speak a completely different language that I can't understand most of the time. I find myself imagining what it would be like for me living here...how long it would take me to learn the language, etc. There are always little things here and there that I understand: photo, Heidi Swapp, foam stamp, etc - lots of scrapbooking terms. It makes me smile...that we can understand one another because of a shared passion. So very cool.