Tuesday April 21
Manu and Tobi had to leave to go home early in the morning. We were sorry to see them leave but had been very happy to have some time with them.
The group (now 7) decided to have an outing to Alkmaar, a town about 22 miles or 39 minutes away. We must have started off 10:30 or 11 am. This first picture is the Stadtskantoor were we parked in a parkhouse.
We were walking towards a place were we could go on a canal boat.
This statue said "kissing point" and James mimicked the action.
There were many old and interesting buildings.
Maren and Gregor organized the boat's fahrt and then went shopping.
The captain was also a very good tour guide. He said everything in Dutch, German and English. I just enjoyed looking at everything. Some houses were from the 1600s, 1700s, all the way to quite modern. It must be nice to live in a townhouse with your back patio being directly at a canal, especially if you also have a little boat and a dock.
This house is from 1557 and has a canonball embedded in its facade from a Spanish attack in 1573.
We went under 23 bridges and the captain always warned to bent down. Some bridges were extremly low. It was quite an adventure.
One more bridge. Maren is waiting...
...and made some photos!
We are not going far and have some refreshments. Hot chocolate.
And then Maren and Gregor have to do more shopping. We all walk through the town.
At about 3:30 pm we were at the Grote Kerk but it was closed and we could not go in. But we decided to go into the restaurant next to it. Seats were outside but with glass wind brake. It didn't take long and by chance Maren and Gregor caught up with us. We decided to eat and don't have to cook at the house.
Back at the house we had a fashion show first. Our younger generation had had fun.
Later we had a nice card game again with lots of chatting and laughing.
I have no idea but surely it got very late again.
Step count for the day: only 7,050 ... too much sitting in car and boat. But it had been fun.
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