Sweet Sundays

I'm beginning to like Sundays here in Zwolle more and more each week. Sunday is probably the most planned out day of the week for my host family, and I love it.

Here's the Sunday schedule:

Wake up and eat a light breakfast of coffee, tea, and bread with Hagel.

Go to church.

Return from church and talk about the sermon, current events, etc. with the family over coffee and cake.

At about noon, we take a drive out to the countryside and park alongside the road somewhere. We get out and continue to take a 1-1 1/2 hour walk around the rivers, dams, country homes, and pastures.

Come back to the house and have a small meal of hot soup and fresh bread.

One hour of freetime/naptime/blogtime.

"Night" (4:30 p.m.) church.

Return for the larger evening meal consisting of meat, potatoes,vegetables, wine, and dessert.

Coffee, conversation, and "free time" until bed.

One of the best things about Sundays here is that all of the "moved out" children in the family are all home. They travel from across the country (not that far) to be home on the weekends, making Sundays, especially, a quality family time.

So I, for one, am a big fan. Maybe it's not too different from our Dutch communities in the U.S., but I prefer it.