Wednesday August 15th, 2007

Wednesday August 15th, 2007
10:37pm Hage, Germany Time
2:27pm Saskatoon Time

HAPPY 14TH BIRTHDAY SIRI!!!

Siri slept with me again last night, so we were rudely awoken by mom and dad with the video camera singing happy birthday to Siri, and bringing her breakfast in bed. We decided to go to into Holland for Siri's birthday. On the way to Holland we stopped at a concentration camp from WWII. It was located in Engerhafer (Germany). All the information we had about it was in German, so we're not 100% sure what exactly happened at this camp, but there was a memorial there with all the names of the people who died there, and there were lots of names. There was a church there that we checked out, and the graveyard next to it was gorgeous. It was so well kept with fresh flowers. We had planned to visit Auschwitz, but its located in Poland, and our rental car isn't allowed to go there because of the high crime rate and corruption. This memorial was a really neat place to visit thought. We then continued our journey and crossed the boarder, heading into Holland. There were a million windmills in the fields. We went to Winschoten and checked out the city. First we had lunch by a big oldfashioned windmill. Then we went and checked out their shops. We shopped and expored for hours. We then stopped to get gas on the way back to Germany because it was a lot cheaper in Holland at 1.025 Euros/Litre for diesel, which is 1.53Canadian Dollars/Litre. And we complain about hitting $1/litre in Saskatoon for regular gas. pft. We stopped at a car dealership, and dad found a 2005 Smartcar Convertable 2 seater for 11,000Euros. It was sweet.We came home and had supper. Kathi came up with a map of Canada, wanting to know where we were from. She is so sweet. I wish we could communicate with her better so we could get to know her. The one thing Siri wanted to do on her birthday was to see that pony. Shelby HAAAAD to go on the internet, so mom and Siri went to see the pony, while dad, Shelby and I went into a Casino and checked our emails. We then came home and did dishes, i repacked my bags, and then we played cards.