Our first days in Holland

After a pretty easy flight to London and a five hour wait for our flight to Amsterdam, we finally arrive in Amsterdam, where Fred and Annemieke are waiting for us.

By the time we arrive it is the evening of May 22nd, Fred's birthday.
We celebrate with a drink and of course need to do our first puzzle Geocache in Holland, which is a short drive and nice walk in Ouddorp.
Unfortunately it is getting to dark to find the final cache and we give up.




May 23
We pack a lunch, adjust the spare bicylces of Fred and Annemieke and ride to Noord Scharwoude for a puzzle cache, which teaches us a lot about the town.



On the way home we make one more stop in Ouddorp and do find the cache from last night.








May 24

The RV is packed and we drive to Enkhuizen. We walk all day and manage to do 13 caches of which some are also puzzle caches, which take us to the many historical places of the city, including the Dromedaris which dates back to the 15th century.











Some of the highlights are the marina and the many draw bridges.






























We camp at the farm, where the prices are a lot lower than the official camp grounds.
Annemieke and I enjoy one more walk in the woods after supper before we turn in for the night.


Monday, May 25
There's a cool wind today, but I nevertheless make an early walk in the woods. Afraid to get lost, I keep a close eye on each turn I make and the position of the sun.





Last night we had preordered some freshly baked buns, which Ramiro picks up from the farm.



We drive back to Enkhuizen to do the rest of the caches.



It turns out to be sunny day after all with a temperature of 23 degrees C.
There is so much water and so much green. Quite different from what we are used to at home.
We walk and we walk. I love being able to spend the entire day outdoors.
There is so much history. The town is doing its best to preserve as many of the old buidlings as possible.







On the way home we drive through the back country and many little villages.

Tuesday, May 26

Annemieke needs to go to Den Helder, to the hospital, where she is invited to observe the foot doctor.
It's a coastal city on the most north western tip of Noord Holland.
Unfortunately it rains most of the day and there is a strong wind, so all we can do is drive.
Well, Fred has it all planned. We do a series of 12 speed caches. Of which one is a series of 8 different locations before we find the final one.
Once Annemieke is done we visit a place to have a drink before we make the drive back home.