On Friday, we took a side trip to visit The Hague (Den Haag) and Rotterdam. It's the capital city, and beautiful. My chief reason for wanting to visit The Hague was to see the temple. It was a bit out of our way, but worth it for me. The temple is small, but beautiful, and beautifully situated.
After an afternoon in The Hague, we took the train over to Rotterdam for an evening visit. My reason for wanting to visit Rotterdam was that I found an ancestral connection who had left for America from Rotterdam in the 1730's. I thought it would be cool to be there and feel that connection, and express my gratitude for his courageous decision to leave his home and make a new life for himself in America.
Sunday, we got ourselves to the local Amsterdam ward for sacrament meeting. It was a very cold day, and when we arrived (after 5 train transfers), we found the building to be under renovation, and without heat. But the members were great, although small in number, and we got to enjoy their primary program. As the services were conducted in Dutch, The missionaries also kindly provided translation services for us so we could understand what was going on.
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