First of all I need to say that I found a great video which is shareable and added to the bottom of Day 5 part 1. If you like art you will most likely find it great.
Saturday April 11
I heard the ship moving in the night and looked out of the window. I looked out and took this photo which didn’t turn out as nice.
Breakfast is most of the days from 7 to 9 am. I splurged today. There was no line at the omelet station.
We had docked in Veere, Netherlands. Randy our leader was funny at the gathering place. He said that he was happy to finally have his foot on his motherland again.
The name Veere translates to "ferry", the first of which was established in 1281. You can read more about it HERE! There was a strong Scottish population because Veere functioned as the staple port for Scotland between 1541 and 1799.
This morning we had a walking tour right from the ship. You can see the Groote Kerk (Great Church) in the background.
Next to the church was a "Godshuis" (written over the door) where poor people found help.
Gorgeous "common bluebells" everywhere here.
A few shops and business. Randy stops at the bakery to explain to us about "bolus, the best in Zeeland".
This is the City Hall.
Back at the Bakery (and having now "free time") we decided to try a bolus. We didn't have to buy a package of 4 us shown. We could buy a single for 1.40 Euros. It was worth every penny for every bite.
On the way back to the ship we walked buy the wool shop again and yes, we bought something. James tried some booties on for cold feet in the winter and he liked them.
Lunch on the ship, delicious as always. We always sit were there is a place on somebody's table and we have always very nice conversations.
After lunch many left for the Optional Tour "Delta Works" which had sounded very interesting when offered but we did not sign up. Not sure why. The "Scenic Nature Walk" which was offered for those staying behind just sounded better to us.
It was wonderful!
First we walk a path lined with willows. Some where trimmed (like in this first photo). Some not. I had forgotten to take a photo of that. It would have been interesting looking. When I asked Berant why only some he declared that it was probably because of nests and things like that. Should have thought of that myself.
Probably an orchard with sheep with lambs underneath the trees. So cute (sorry about using that word so often).
Had to go through a gate and walked on top of a dyck.
Oh, and this was so much fun. Berant kept talking that we were going to use a boat. Didn't expect this. It was so much fun. Oh, how we thought of our 4 boys and how much fun they would have.
I guess you could call it a self-serve ferry. You had to pull the (right) rope to get to the other side.
Yes, we saw our first windmill. Our leaders are making fun (even though they are Dutch) that the Dutch claim to have invented them but actually the Chinese did.
Ute: Gänseblümchen. Really, just slightly larger, healthier looking.
Another self-serve ferry (after we used it already and climbed the stairs).
This is the entry to a tunnel from Nepoleon's time. His soldiers were shooting at ships.
Some of us walked on top.
I can't remember when we were back on the ship but I must say that we thoroughly enjoyed this nature walk. Nothing is elaborate as the "Delta Works" but so good.
The board talk "Salt Works Presentation" announced for 5 pm started a little later because the others were not back from their tour.
James and I were in the lounge to listen and it was actually quite interesting. Salt was processed out of the seawater and we were told how they did that. We had samples of three different in front of us to taste. I thought the "smokey" one and the "black garlic" were quite interesting. And at the end we could of course buy some to take home.
Right after was the Port Talk like every day (happenings of the next day) but Randy started with what happened on the Delta Works tour because of the hired busses who screwed everything up. So James and I didn't have to be sorry that we missed out on something. But we are sorry for those who really had looked forward to it. They saw only half.
Dinner was incredible as always. I have to skip photo taking of food because I can't use them anyway. The blogs would get too long. If you are really interested in detailed descriptions (Kim?) I keep the daily papers we get and you can see when we are back.
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