Family

So I met my parents and sister at the train station in Amsterdam today. It's really nice to see them again. I mean, I like how independent and grown-up I feel traveling around on my own and seeing things that they aren't seeing with me. My separate, adult life is beginning, but... family is like nothing else. The comfort and warmth that comes from sitting next to your little sister, even when she is falling asleep from jetlag, is something special.

There seem to waves on the canal now. The other nice thing about being with one's family is that they pay for things. After all, I would never be able to stay on a houseboat on my budget, but this is really cool. We have a garden room on the boat, with a retractable roof. Hopefully tomorrow it won't rain so much and we can actually open it up.