Three of Casper's children had joined us the night before: Bas who is 11, Noa who is 9 and Sven who is 7. Only Bas speaks a little English (all picked up from watching TV which is pretty impressive) but he loves computers so he bonded with Liam immediately. This morning they all seemed to be having a fun time together.
Casper told us we were extremely lucky to have an Autumn day like today in Holland. It was just glorious - blue skies and mild temperatures. We know we have to cherish everyday we have like this while we are travelling! After a leisurely breakfast we decided to go to Giethoorn which is an extremely picturesque village in the north set among canals. We went on a canal boat ride (skippered by Casper - he said it was as challenging for him as we had found driving on the right, so we were very understanding if we veered a little in the wrong direction!) and then had lunch in bright sunshine on the canal front (Greg was worried he'd get sunburnt!) before going to visit the Rock shop. It turned out the Rock shop had a museum - Greg said it had some of the best samples he'd ever seen and as most of you know, Greg is a rock connoisseur! The was a special deal for the kids, where they could do a quiz, pan for gold, and crack open a rock to see if it had anything inside, for 6.50 euro each. The kids just loved it, especially panning for gold (and that included the bigger kid in our group!).
Driving today I discovered we had a sun roof! Actually Greg was driving - I just had to remind him to keep right, but not too far right! The car is either quite wide or the roads are very narrow or it's a bit of both - but we are both finding it's easy to hit the curb!
I had to include a photo of Bella with her clog slippers, just 15 euro and able to fold down very flat (as we all know, space is at a premium in our back packs!).
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