Heyo!
It has been quite a while since we have written a post - but that is because we have been busy travel bees! Berlin was really nice - the eastside gallery and the memorial for the murdered Jews of Europe along with checkpoint charlie and the Topography of Terror were the highlights. The weather was crappy and some a-hole stole one of our towels when it was hanging in the dorm. Mature? That was a ticker but the hostel was sympathetic and gave us free breakfast the following day and one of their towels. The German's seemed to not like speaking English - and since we knew no German - it was quite interesting at times trying to figure out where we were going. Here in Holland everyone is really friendly and it is a very welcoming atmosphere! The friday night that we returned from Berlin there was a birthday bash at the farm for some of the children's birthdays and graduations. It was really fun and the language barrier was not that difficult because Wilma is an amazing translator and some of them spoke english! Sunday Gerard took us to the cheese factory he works at and gave us the grand tour! It is amazing and produces mass amounts of cheese! Something like 4 tons in a couple hours. And the new factory is fully automated so humans are not touching the cheese. One of the neatest components is when the cheese is put in massive crates and lowered into brine by a massive crane. The brine is similar to a massive public swimming pool.
On Monday we headed to The Hague for the day! It was just under a 2.5 hours from Wilma's by train. The weather was gorgeous. After realizing we forgot the battery in the fancy camera we had to use what power was left in the mini camera to take photos for the day. We got to see the Peace Palace and the World Peace Flame. We spent a few hours in Madurodam - which is an attraction full of minature sites of the Netherlands in a 1:25 ratio. They had the big bridges, boats, the airport, train stations and famous historical buildings! Lastly we hit the beach! Wide beach with cool North Sea water and a lovely breeze. We did not want to leave and wandered along enjoying the sun.
Tuesday through Thursday we explored Amsterdam with Will. It is a gorgeous place. The canals are stunning and we spent some time just sitting along the edge. Mike's birthday was on wednesday so there was a night on the town! Good times. Of course we saw the red light district. We rented bikes on the tuesday and "lucky us" we got lost trying to return them and almost missed the closing deadline. It was probably comical for other people to watch - the frantic tourists rushing around crazily on bright red bikes.
The plan was originally to head to Belgium before going to Normandy this weekend where we have a workaway set up. However the train times were not lining up and it was going to be more stressful than enjoyable. So we have stayed an extra night at Wilma's and we head out early tomorrow morning for Normandy, France. We are hoping to be able to do Belguim later on in the trip if timing works out!
Wilma and Gerard have been amazing and we feel at home! We cannot thank them enough for everything in the past 2 weeks! We are incredibly lucky to have yet another amazing place to stay with fabulous people!
xoxoxox miss you all
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