Leaving Denmark and arriving in Holland!

Yesterday Thomas and Marianne took us into the National Gallery of Denmark  which is an impressive art gallery with some really inspiring works spanning over 700 years.  We enjoyed a tasty Danish lunch at the cafe there before they drove us to the airport and we said "au revior" - we hope to see them both again soon!  We had a wonderful time in Denmark!
Copenhagen Airport is impressively big.  We were flying Norwegian Airlines which is a budget airline (but very comfortable, I'd happily fly them again).  The only drama was on check in - we had three bags at well under 20kg (11 or 12 kg each) and Greg's bag with 25 kg (yes, OK some of that weight is my toiletries - I'm not good at travelling light when it comes to toiletries!!).  It didn't matter that our combined weight was under 80kg - each bag had to be under 20kg!  Unfortunately two of our bags had already gone through so we had to cram some more stuff into Bella's bag which was already pretty full...and managed to get to 19.7kg and avoid paying some hefty fees for every extra kilo!  Then - probably because we were flying with a budge airline - we had to walk several kilometres to find our departure gate.  That was our bonus exercise for the day!!
We arrived into Schiphol on time and successfully met up with my cousin Casper.  What didn't work so well was calling the car company to arrange pick up of the car - neither number worked on my travel sim (they rang then it just hung up) and when Greg tried the pay phone and used our few euro coins, they all disappeared with no luck!!  We were so grateful that Casper was there to call them on his phone and work it all out - it turned out that the arrival time I'd advised, 1810, was recorded at 8.10pm so they weren't expecting us.  We didn't have to wait for long and then we collected our car.  It was big enough for our packs (just) and Greg bravely got into the drivers seat with Casper giving him directions (and the rest of us reminding him to stick to the right.  But not too far right!! Bella and I felt as if we were on the verge of hitting the side railings several times!).  He did well though, and we made it to Friesland safely.  The hardest thing is remembering that you can't over take on the right, even if the car in the middle lane is travelling too slowly.   It was after 9pm when we got to Casper's house.  He whipped up some dinner for us and then we fell into bed.
Today it was overcast and drizzly, but not too cold.  After a late Dutch breakfast (three kinds of sugar sprinkles!  The kids were in heaven!) we set off to explore Casper's village of Mildam.  Casper has a big house, he can fit us all in including his three youngest children!  It's a lovely village and Liam especially loved the forest, which was quite wild and overgrown due to a storm, which meant we had to do a bit of clambering over fallen trees - lots of fun!  
Greg had to do some work :-( so the kids and I set out with Casper to do some exploring of Friesland.  And I drove!  I hit the curb 5 times (apparently - I wasn't counting!) but managed not to hit any cars or bikers which was my main concern.  Casper kept me on the smaller roads which I appreciated - giving me some time to get my confidence up.  Bella saw a windmill in the distance and asked that we go and see it for a photo.  We took a few twists and turns but found it, and Casper and I posed for a photo just as it started to rain.  We ran back to the car, but the men working on the windmill invited us in - the windmill has been converted to be a gorgeous holiday house which can sleep 8 (for 1200.00 euros a week).  It would be a great holiday house - like living in a boat (as it overlooks water) and is very cosy inside!