On the 26th of July we traveled to Brugges. The most memorable event involved Grandpa trying to get Joseph in just the right spot for a picture, knocking his glasses off, and Grandpa swimming in the Canals of Brugges, in the hopes of retrieving said glasses. After nearly an hour of combing the silty canal bottoms we finally made Grandpa get out of the frigid waters and a kind elderly Belgium couple loaned Grandpa some dry clothes to make it back to the hotel. Grandpa felt like such a, in his own words, "Schmuck" for the accident, but couldn't help have his spirits lifted when Joseph sang him a song he made up entitled "Grandpa is my friend!" the entire way back to the hotel. Joseph spent the rest of our weeklong trip in cross-eyed, near blindness, but he continued to sing Grandpa's praises. Joe couldn't be happier that he had to get new glasses because his new pair is red, his favorite color. However, if anyone finds Joe's old glasses in the Canals of Brugges, I'll give you a dollar. We love you Grandpa, thanks for the memories!
6 comments:
What a great story, and what an amazing grandpa to go searching!
If we ever go there, I'll be sure to search for them. That's a great story for Joe to always remember his grandpa by.
That's a story for the Wood family history for sure!
How funny! I love that story!
A grandpa's devotion...I loved this story...and the pictures made it all the more real.
I love it when my boys make up songs.
We all heard the story when mom and dad got back... but those pictures are GREAT! At least Joe got new red glasses, I suppose... not to mention the humiliation of dad swimming in the canals :)
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