The clock is ticking.  16 days until Australia.  76 days until the baby is due.  In our remaining days here I’m trying to see all the Dutch highlights I’ve missed. 

Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” didn’t disappoint. 

When the sun shines in Holland the country undergoes a complete transformation.  The anti-social, cranky cheese heads disappear and are replaced by people smiling giddily in the street.  Out of nowhere friendly chit chat starts, doors are held open for you and you feel like maybe, just maybe, this country is a nice place to live after all.