Roelofarensveen. Terrific day kicking off summer and the end of school in our friends' village. An incredible tradition--Huttenbouw (hut building) where an entire parking lot was filled with wood and pallets, you bring your own hand tools and the main rules are: no power tools and nothing over 3 stories. We had 3 families (6 adults and 7 kids) working together in Dutch and English and having so much fun! There was also a tent where you could make things with clay, get your face painted, make a flag for your hut, and lots more. We're proud of our first day accomplishments and are looking forward to morning when we can paint before heading off on a train.Today was also quite hot, so it was a perfect treat to jump in a canal and do some swimming and lake boarding right next to a windmill, and we rode bikes to get there, of course!