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It is always hard to say Good Bye, special to Family. But it was time to say goodbye to Etten Leur and Jola and Hugo. Even the weather was crying. Showers were obstructing the view over the pretty Dutch landscape. As always we were so nicely received by the Family Weema. Just inside the door and the coffee and apple cake was served. So much to tell it filled the whole afternoon. That night the Weema's took us to a Chinese restaurant, where a very nice meal topped of this exciting day. The weather did not help so the following day was mostly spent inside, except for the evening. With the four of us we went to this small restaurant, called; "De vierde Baarsjes". A lovely place, very romantic that has those special dishes, like Chateau ... read more

This is the second year we are celebrating our birthdays away from Home. Nevertheless it turned out very nice. Arranging a cake and a birthday card was not as difficult as it was for Liz when it was mine, but that is just being lucky when you are staying by Family. Up till now we had nice warm summer weather, very warm actually and to feel cooler we visited a skie hall close to Etten Leur. Something that reminded us on earlier days when we were doing this sport in Australia. To have this real Dutch feeling, you have to visit a store like Albert Hein and close to that a Market. You hear the loud voices everywhere that praise on their wares, be it vegetables, meat or fish, people always look at the loudest. When ... read more

The first things we noticed were a pair of wooden shoes standing in our room. Was this for sale or did we had to do something with it. Yes, if we did not want any cleaning done the wooden shoes stay outside the room, cleaning the room you put them inside. Very clever. Today after having a good breakfast we set of to enjoy the beautifull area of Twente. Forrests, fields of corn or granes, a feast for your eyes. The GPR sent us again over the little lanes that runs between the farms and gives you those excellent views on the meadows where the cows are grazing in the warm summer sun. Farmers are everywhere busy and obstruct you on the road by the giant tractors pulling all sorts of machinery. We made a visit ... read more

We said Good Bye to the Kolchens Family after a very nice stay at their place in Kues. We fiiled a new adress into GPR and that took us for a while along the Mosel. When we saw we were leaving the river, we had a coffee and said Good Bye to a very nice area. We now went inland and were sent over small roads and through little villages where you only go 30 k.m. per hour. But there were amazing views. Really unforgettable. The distance to where we had to go was only 89 k.m but it took a few hours to get there. Going very slow through the many hairpins, not to get entangled with oncoming trucks, tractors and not to forget, idiots that just think the road belongs to them. Anyway, we ... read more

It is such a pity to leave our nice place at the Rhine, but the time keeps ticking, so we can only hope the next place is just as nice. We had to take the ferry to the other side of the Rhine to visit Braubach that has this magnificent castle that is completely intact. The name of it is the Marktsburg. We were there early so we had a park for the car but not early enough to go up to the castle for the round trip took three hours and that much time we did not have. We took some nice pictures of Braubach so the visit was well worth it. The GPR sent us to the autobahn but we ignored it and did our own thing. That of course did not work but ... read more