My mother & step-father visited us from The States for 10 days, they called last night at 3AM to let us know they had made it back home safe & sound. Once a year we get a week or so together, sometimes we go there, sometimes they come here. One downside of living far away from your family is the lack of physical time together, but the upside is they get to visit places they never would have seen otherwise. My mom & step-dad have visited us many times since we moved to The Netherlands, I think this was visit # 5.
Each visit is different, the first few were packed full of tourist stops, like Amsterdam & Brussels. But by now they have seen the big sights, plus adding a kid to the equation changes things. Their visit a couple years ago was to meet our newborn, there wasn't any sight-seeing going on then. This visit I managed to come up with places that pleased everyone, not costly and appealed to the interest of the entire group. In otherwords, a little bit of history located in nature near a playground!
Overall it was a great visit, and we were all sad to part, but thanks to the endless photos we all took (and exchanged) we can remember the trip for years.
That's nice that your parents have been able to visit so much. My parents have yet to visit me in Chile. I hope they do one day.
ReplyDeleteIt's expensive, they'll never know how much it means to us for them to save up and make the trip repeatedly! :) Danica
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