Jocelyn's blog
Apr. 14, 2009
With the Kloks in Alkmaar
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On Easter Sunday, we got up nice and early and headed off to the trains... first the Metro and then the train to Alkmaar. Our friends, the Kloks, live there and we went to stay with them for a night. The first stop was church in Alkmaar. Thankfully, Erik-Jan was able to translate and write notes in English for us. Then went back to their house, which is in an old cabbage farming area. They actually renovated their whole house and the sheds out the back. The sheds were used by the farmers to hold their harvest and to dry out the cabbages. Jeanette now has a craft workshop out there and there's guest rooms as well. In the back, Erik-Jan has a toolshop and storage area. The children have grown...and grown...and grown... The shortest is Laureen at 180cm! There's a photo of us standing together and Andrew & I look short next to the family. The photos will be put on Facebook. On Monday, we had another lovely sunny day. The Kloks took us sight-seeing in the area and we went inside an old working windmill, to a little town with the smallest house (27 m sq), and to a picturesque village called De Rijp. After sitting on the square and having lunch, we went back to the house and Jeanette gave me a quick tour of her craft workshop. We then travelled back into Amsterdam and had a Dutch meal with Nanna called "Hachee" and chocolate custard. Afterwards, we played cards for a couple of hours. It was a great time. |
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