A Walk through History

As some, well, lets be honest, as all of you know, I've been dating this European Dreamboat for a few months

He was on assignment in Munich, then had to go home for what was meant to be a month. It ended up being a lot longer. So, I decided to come visit.

I arrived on a Sunday afternoon. Erik picked me up from the airport and we drove to his house. I was so nervous to meet his parents, but of course, they are the nicest people in the world. I mean, Erik's the nicest guy in the world, so his parents had to be great. So great they did this:

Funny thing is, I didn't even notice it at first. My boyfriend had to point it out. Even then, it didn't click to me that it was odd to be flying an American Flag in The Netherlands. But then I got it. How awesome are they!!

 Now, Erik is like an adult or something, and he has this job where he has to go everyday? I don't really get the whole idea, but thankfully Monday was a holiday so he had the day off. He took me on a walk through the forest near his house. His town has a lot of history from World War 2, and his dad spends a lot of time researching it. His dad created a walk through their forest as a sort of remembrance to what has happened.

The start of the walk

This is a replica of the underground caves people hid Jews it. You can't see them from behind, they just blend in with the landscape.

A pilot crashed in his town and due to the soil conditions his imprint remained in the mud for 10-15 years. This is a replica of that (my boyfriend was the model)

This is a crater from where a plane dropped their bomb cargo

Nazi trenches

Erik in the Nazi trenches

Just lookin' hott.

The whole thing is really cool. I think it's great how much Europeans still remember the war and try to learn from it so history doesn't repeat itself.

Look closely at this picture

Could you be more Dutch?
hehe. Okay back to my story.

So anyway, along with the cool forest, his father also created this monument to commemorate the crew of a bomber that crashed here during the war.

His dad has put a lot of work into this, and has even been invited to dine with the Queen because of it!! So basically, what I'm trying to tell you is, my boyfriends kind of a big deal. Hahahaha.

Anyway, it was a great day. I learned a lot. And really love his town.