Despite the sleeping conditions, we got to have a little bit of a sleep in. Since we were right under the uncovered window, I had to cover my face with a towel to continue my sleep in. This gave Sandra much mirth. When we went down to join the others, breakfast was ready for us. Breakfast was awesome – bread with cheese and rusks coated with chocolate sprinkles.
The day took us to Edam (continuing with our cheese theme). On the way, we had to cross the narrowest bridge ever. The side mirrors of the car had to be collapsed in order to fit.
In Edam, we met up with my cousin Erika. This is the only cousin I haven’t actually met. I now have a full set. We walked around Edam for a bit, tried out some more cheese, walked around some more, watched some people hanging outside a church at a wedding, you know, usual stuff.
After the cheese tasting delights of Edam, we went to Volendam. This was a harbour-style town that’s kind of cool to walk through. A number of shops offer the opportunity to get dressed up in old Dutch gear and take some photos but we decided against it.
My Aunt had packed some sandwiches so we hid out under a covered area to have some lunch. While we were hanging out we got to feed some ducks. Then it started raining - exciting. And we had left my rain coat in the car.... It was just lightly drizzling so we walked to the end of the strip where Dad shouted the crew to some raw herring with onion. Sandra had one again. Out of all the Dutch food she enjoys, it’s this.
We headed towards a shopping area because my cousin’s son wanted to go to a shop that was in the area. One the way we saw a toy shop so we went in to continue the hunt for Megatron, but as expected, no luck. We did however pick up my favourite Dutch licorice – yum! And Sandra got some stuff too.
The rain started to get heavier and we kept walking towards the shop. We got to dry out for a bit while they shopped before heading back to the car. We were pretty wet by the time we arrived in the car park. There were a number of clothes changes once we got home.
We repacked the bags that night, as we had to cater for the 1.5kg of Dutch liquorice (yeah baby!) and then spent the rest of the night hanging with the family. One of dad’s old mates came round and they pretty much talked the night away. We headed off to bed early-ish in preparation for the early morning tomorrow.
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