This was, officially, on the record, one of my favorite days of the entire tour. Waking up, I felt relatively good, all things considered. Breakfast was good - a mix of hot stuff, meats, cheeses and bread. I fell in love with the automated coffee machine though. I could have stuck the spout right into my veins. We ate fairly quickly, then hopped on the coach and drive for about 45 minutes to Edam, home of cheese! The town was sooo pretty. Very green and maintained. Very stereotypically Dutch. I loved it. We walked a little, Damian made a crack about me being Pippi Longstocking (this would be relevant later on), and I tried to take in the beauty surrounding me on the sunny, crisp Saturday morning. We ended up at a little place called "Bike
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