Van Gogh Museum

July 16th--We took our time leaving the apartment today. We caught up on laundry, blogging, and pictures. It was after lunch before we headed out to the Van Gogh Museum. The museum was remarkable and featured many works by the Dutch artist. It had a nice flow to it, so, it was easy to go through and it didn't take us very long. The museum included over 200 paintings that had been owned by Van Gogh's brother, Theo. I particularly liked the Sunflowers painting done in 1888. After leaving the museum, we got on a tram to the train station. My sister (Lisa), brother-in-law (Gabe), and nephews (Chance & Cole) were arriving from Stuttgart. They are coming to be with us in Amsterdam and then will go to Paris with us for a few days. We arrived at the train station just as they were getting off the train so our timing was perfect. We all got on the tram and headed back to the apartment. Once we got their stuff in the apartment and everyone was settled, Lisa and I left the guys and kids at the apartment playing and went to the grocery store to get food for dinner. We all wanted to grill out so it was BBQ chicken, sausage, baked potatoes, corn, and broccoli. We had so much food. Right about the time we were finishing up our dinner, Shanda and the girls arrived back from Belgium. So, we visited with her the remainder of the evening about her time in Brussels.