Monday afternoon we arrived in Peize at cousin Tjerkje's place. After supper we took a walk and surprised my aunt who lives in a nursing home here. She doesn't see well and we walked into her room and said hello. She knew right away who we were from our voices....she was thrilled that we had stopped by. Tuesday morning, Tjerkje and her friend, Jan went cycling with us and we stopped in at another aunt's place for coffee and then we cycled the surrounding area. Wonderful lush green farm land. The bike paths in Holland are so well laid out and make cycling easy. We stopped in Norg for "patat met" at lunch - delicous french fries with mayo for those who do not know what patat is. In the afternoon another cousin and her husband stopped by in Peize for tea so by now we have met up with all the relatives who are home. All that was left to do now in this area is check out my roots so Joe and I got up early on Wednesday morning and were on our bikes by 8:30 to make the trip to stad Groningen via Hoogkerk. Had to check out the house where I was born. It's still there, only it's a lawyer's office now. From there we went to Groningen - had to see the "Martini Tooren" and get a picture. It is so much easier to get to the "centrum" of any city by bike than car....By now it's coffee time and we do "koffie met appel tart" a la McDonalds. It tastes good no matter where you buy it. We cycle back to Peize in time to have lunch with Tjerkje and to pack up our bags and make our way back to the airport - a 2 hour drive. Along the way we make one last stop in Vries for a quick cup of tea with a cousin of Joe's. Bernie and Anna are already checked in at the IBIS where we are staying as well on Wednesday night. They are off to bed early since they have just arrived that day. We have acclimatized after spending 10 days in Holland. Thursday morning we are up early - the weather forecast was not good - rain and more rain. The forecasters were not wrong.
Let me suggest you follow the other blog that I will be posting on for most of the time. We are disappointed that WiFi is not as readily available as we had hoped. Most places charge outrageous prices for the use of it and time gets away on us as well. When we get into a motel/hotel in time for supper, it's a rush to try to get to a computer as well.
The other site is: http://cyclingeurope2010.blogspot.com -
Today it's Sunday already - most of the group left to go to church in Utrecht but there was not room in the 9 passenger van for 12 people so a few of us had to stay back so Joe, Peter and I volunteered. This gave me a chance to get caught up with the blogs.....
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