Our last full day with our beautiful family from The Netherlands was wonderful!
Firstly, we rose early and made our way to Alkmaar a little town famous for its Cheese Market held every Friday. The cheese market is still very traditional with the runners in their white uniform with a straw hat bearing the colour of the guild they belong to, the weigh in’s on an old fashioned hanging balance scale, and the judges/ quality control men in their long white coats - it has been running in the same fashion for ...... years. We then wandered around this gorgeous little town exploring some of the shops but mainly just taking in the atmosphere.
We were then treated to lunch at a lovely restaurant on the way home, not far from Alkmaar.
Our evening was a fabulous climax of our wonderful stay. Brii’s Dad’s cousins arranged for all the family from the Netherlands to gather for a family BBQ. So, except for a few children, we had the pleasure of meeting all of our Dutch relatives and had a wonderful evening learning new family stories and relating similarities between our families even though we have never been together. Thank you Bea and Jan for hosting this and thank you Ernst and Nel for having us for the week!
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