Lozzy

I left London Sat morning, after dropping off the car and departing Heathrow Airport, on route to Amsterdam via British Airways. I was met at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam by Jaap aka tigerjaap and his girlfriend Kaiva. After clearing through customs I then went collect my baggage, I couldn't find a trolley anywhere to load on all my luggage. I then decided to just grab one case and take that through first then go back for the second one. I attempted to re-enter the baggage section only to set off the dam alarms !!!!. Jaap stood there in shock. !!! I am sure he thought dumb Aussie woman....lmao.

Amsterdam to Heelsum - 98 klms

We arrived at Jaap's home late afternoon, chatted away the evening and also enjoyed a lekker ( nice ) dinner prepared by Kaiva. Today we toured Kasteel Doorwerth, the castle was built in 1260. We then went sight seeing around the area with a brief a stop at a local pub. The reason I say brief ONE beer did me in...lmao boy they have strong stuff over here...lmao 6% alcohol !!!! Anymore I woulda been legless...lmao. We returned home and relaxed for a few before heading out to dinner at Oosterbeek to a pancake restaurant. The meal was delicious as was the company.

Monday we went to town, sat at a nice cafe for coffee and Jaap just had to order apple strudel...mmmm it was so yummy too.... like I needed it...lmao. We then went grocery shopping cause I was cooking dinner...I am so glad I had a translator with me..lol trying to buy food all in dutch is no easy task...lol We tried several places to buy a pumpkin to make soup and finally managed to find some small ones. Home we went and I prepared dinner...pumpkin soup, which Jaap did peel the pumpkins and lasagne.

Oct 7th - Heelsum to Gouda - 98 klms

Today we were off to cheese country, the town of Gouda. The market place was the first place of call, we then picked up a tourist map of the township and the sights to see. We walked from place to place alongside the many canals taking in several of the attractions. We visited St Janskerk (St John's Church), it's the longest church in the Netherlands with 70 stained glass windows and the organ pipes were just beautiful. We visited several candle shops and the cheese making museum. Also the 2 huge windmills in the town. Jaap then took his life into in own hands and let me drive home...lol