It was another lovely day of cycling. We started out in fog for the first hour. It was about 16 degrees when we headed out. Through the day the weather improved and by noon it was HOT. Today we cycled through large farms, orchards and estates. The fruit trees made me think of the time Jesus said he would take off any branch that didn’t bear fruit. The trees are tall and lean and LOADED with fruit. In fact you see more fruit than foliage. There were so many sheep farms and so many beautiful horses. Lots of different kinds, but they all look well cared for. The 55 km were much easier than the 35 yesterday; we had the wind behind us and we made more stops to sightsee.
Here in Vienan we saw a real stork. It’s pouring rain right now; we made it back to the boat just before this storm started. We can’t believe that tomorrow is our last day of cycling and then Saturday we’re off to Lisbon. We thought we’d only stay one night, but we think we might stay for two – get cleaned up, find a church and decide where we want to go next. I want to find a massage therapist.
Carolyn, I’m using every tip and exercise you ever taught me and it’s really helping. I feel very fit and capable.
We went into Utrecht last night and walked around for a few hours. The church bells ring every ¼ hour, 24/7, much to the delight of the people who live there!!!! It’s a ‘dirty’ town, 200,000 – lots of graffiti and things are not so well kept as we’ve seen in the countryside. It’s also a university town, so crowds of young people everywhere.
FYI speed bumps are called drempels here. Go Figure! It certainly makes us think about the Rempels a lot.
Also, the Dutch language is very easy to figure out, when it’s written. For instance our ‘good day’, is ‘goed dag’ in Dutch, which is ‘guten tag’ in German. So, my Germanic roots are finally useful. But not when it’s spoken. Then I don’t have a clue.
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