A day with Jaap & Ria

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Today Jaap and Ria picked us up at 9:45 for a tour of the Numansdorp area. I don't think I can do justice to this day, but will highlight our activities. Coffee and cookies, then soup and sandwiches at Jaap's. The baker drove by, so Ria hustled outside for two loaves of bread. We spent quite some time at Jaap's nephew's farm. They were in their second day pear harvesting, and also have apples to harvest, all in a window of 6 to 8 weeks.They use workers contracted from Poland who are not yet trained, so one of them drove a tractor into a ditch. This requires them to have a crane come in to pull it out. Case and Ton de Ruiter say this is the worst of bad days! We are invite in for coffee or soda and the 12- and 14- year old children are eager to try their English with us. The daughter studies German and French as well. The son prefers math and science. He plays baseball at his school, which is very unusual and he is proud of it.

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