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4 Countries in one day...


To end my time in the UK I have been given the gift of spending a week in the Netherlands. 


You know how you dream & plan in your teens of all the things you are going to see in your life, when you are older....and the people you plan to see them with feel as though they are a definite thing.

Funny how things don't turn out even close to how you planned them. Life seems to throw you into a rat race and you aren't even sure that you signed up for it, it just sort of happens.

In an naive way a part of me still hopes that some of those dreams come true to travel the world (and when I say world I mean Europe and Canada, haha) with the ones I always pictured myself experiencing it with.

But for now, I will take what I can get, with a heart full of joy and gratitude, for this adventure I have been blessed to have. So here I am. In the Netherlands. A place that holds my heritage. Where a young couple met, feel in love, married and embarked on a brave journey to an unknown country. And had one thing altered in their lives, I very well may not have been here writing this now. It's humbling to recognize how every decision matters and every choice can make a difference, it is making me evaluate a lot these days.

Here are a few shots of the car ride and ferry ride. 
I have been in 4 countries in less then 1 day. Not something that you can do everyday, at least where I am from!
The White Cliffs of Dover.
The sun setting over the English Channel .

Hello France, 'I get to say I have been here'   

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