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i know what it's like to be in holland gettin use to holland now but even though holland is hard work i love holland very much

I went to Holland as a few of you know.Would have liked to have gone to Italy as would everyone. I managed a trip to Italy twice and must admit at times I really do prefer my trip to Holland. I would not have missed my trip to Holland for the world and it will be 25yrs on March 11 that I was there Love Jan

That was very beautiful Wendy. xx BC

Holland is a lovely place, would rather be here than Italy. My little bit of Holland has its ups and downs, but the flowers are beatutiful. Maggie

Wendy that is lovely I'm in holland and at times I find getting around very hard we have tantrums we cry sometimes together and some times on my own, but we also have the most wonderful times to, I would never wish for Italy now. I love my holland to bits Julia

I've been to Holland and although I wished for Italy, I love holland very much and after 22 years I sometimes think of Italy and how differant things would have been but Holland is now my life and I'm not sure if I would change it LInda P

Thats so true Wendy. Maz. XX

That is lovely!!! As a woman with no children, I'd welcome a trip to Holland!! Pink xx

When you are going to have a baby, it's like planning a vacation to Italy. You're excited. You get a bunch of guidebooks, you learn a few phrases so you can get around, and then it comes time to pack your bags and head for the airport. Only when you land, the stewardess says, 'Welcome to Holland.' You look at one another in disbelief and shock, saying, 'Holland? What are you talking about? I signed up for Italy.' 'But,' they explain, 'there's been a change of plans. You've landed in Holland, and there you must stay.' 'But, I don't know anything about Holland!' you say. 'I don't want to stay!' But stay you do. You go out and buy some new guidebooks, you learn some new phrases and you meet people you never knew existed. The important thing is that you are not in a slum full of pestilence and famine. You're simply in a different place than you had planned. It's slower paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy, but after you've been here a little while and you have a chance to catch your breath, you begin to discover that Holland has windmills. Holland has tulips. Holland has Rembrandts. But everyone else you know is busy coming and going from Italy. They're all bragging about what a great time they had there, and for the rest of your life, you'll say, 'Yes, that's what I had planned.' The pain of that will never go away. You have to accept that pain because the loss of that dream, the loss of that plan, is a very, very significant loss. But if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't go to Italy, you will never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things about Holland.

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