Alphen a/d
Rijn, Lisse, Haarlem
52o08’24.74”N
4o39’44.28”E , 52o14’55.76”N 4o34’02.98”E ,
52o22’38.86”N 4o38’22/01”E
Not a lot to
report. We’re in Haarlem for about 10
days. It’s a nice place to end our
journey for this year, and it’s also close enough to Kemper’s that we can get
back in a day, or two at most. We like it
here, even though we’re not at the mooring we found so lovely last year. The priority was finding shore power, and
that was possible sooner than we expected so we stopped on the south side of
the city. I'd forgotten just how lovely the approach into the city is. Our mooring is different than last year,
but still every bit as nice.
We’re still
on the east side of the Spaarn, so it’s quieter than just the other side of the
river, and we’re a bit closer to the necessities you find in the city.
Bill has
been painting, at a rather furious pace it seems to me, and the result is that
most of the superstructure of the boat has been re-done. I’m just amazed at the burst of energy he’s
had since we’ve been here!!
We were
extremely lucky to find a mooring in our spot from last year as we were passing
through Alphen a/d Rijn. It’s a bit
remote from the city center, but there’s a lovely local billiard and darts pub
there and we’ve really enjoyed the restful nature of the mooring.
Then it was on to another former mooring in
Lisse. We managed to pirate a weak
internet signal there, so were able to get a few messages out – though it
tended to fade out in the middle of a transmission. We’re looking forward to some down time here
as we start to get the boat ready for the winter and then take it back to the
Westeinderplassen. Hopefully, we’ll have
a day to visit with Jeannet before we leave as well.
Bill keeps saying that in the Netherlands, the even the weeds are gorgeous. Here's proof:
We’ll let
you-all know more next week, but for now we’re just taking it easy and
preparing for our departure. Till next
week, . . . .
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