oburgen

last night i arrived in oburgen.

my family here has just moved to oburgen, so it is my first time here. they purchased the house a couple of years ago and have completely renovated it. it is an old farm house, and has retained that feeling, and a bit of the look, but it is *not* a country house, as in rose pink, and country blue. it's perfect. and i feel stupid not having a camera with me. i need to get better at knowing where that little thing is.

it is so nice to be here. my (host)mam and i went to zutbhan and bronckhorst. they are old trade towns and they were beautiful. we had tea and bakken at the old coffee and tea shop and looked around a bit... walking through the towns and admiring the old buildings and streets. it rained today, and was a bit cold, but it really only started to get bad once we got back home.

i slept great last night -- no birds from my sister, and also not staying up too late playing cards at her house.

there is a dutch word to describe what it feels like here... gezelleg. it means kind of comfortable, cozy, nice, but a little bit more than that. so nice, so relaxing.

oh! and tonight we had vla! which i love... but totally forgot about. vla for ursula! i've had some drop, kroketten, and gouda cheese. all yummy.

mijke and ilse don't live at home anymore, so i will have to see them next time i come, but maartje and marcos do. maartje and i have been joking around like old times, but marcos is a bit shy of me.

i wish i was staying here longer, i'm already sad to leave, but i'm still here. so, taking some of mam's advice, i'm going to live in the moment and not worry about tomorrow.