Day 16 – Architecture both old and new

Journey: Kinderdijk – Rotterdam – Kinderdijk

What a gorgeous day! Jasper was feeling quite a bit better and is on 6 small meals a day, which means the other two are getting extra sweets so they don’t feel left out #silverliningforthem

To give Jasper a rest after a family walk around the town we opted to take only Ernest to Kinderdijk as Jasper wasn’t up to the walk and Mabel prefers the sofa. It’s a UNESCO heritage site and beautiful seeing all the old mills which are still lived in (thanks for recommending Diane!). Ernest met horses, sheep and coots…he just loves everything and anything, perhaps a little too much as he darted to see a bird and I slipped down a grass bank almost falling in the river – it would have been funny, but was glad Mark caught me 😂

We then did the chores, walked all the pups together again and caught the water taxi to Rotterdam. Another example of how a supposedly intelligent person can also be an idiot…I was half reading the ferry toilet instructions (🙈 it wasn’t obvious) and saw it said something about flush on the right…so it was a bit dark and I saw what I thought was a lever, pulled it and it was actually a toilet brush which I’d then broken and tipped the water out of all over the floor…it was when I was tidying up I saw the flush button on the right of the toilet base…I honestly don’t know how I make it through the day 😂 #calamitycase

I’ve heard there are only 4 old streets left in Rotterdam as it got so heavily bombed in the war and thus its a very modern city. Our eyes were constantly darting around as there is so much amazing modern architecture, art and sculpture. It’s a great city to walk around, even the tarmac was sparkly new. We also found a yellow walkway which was crowdfunded to give people an aerial view of the city.

Once back at kinderdijk I’d moved the van to a lovely new campspot (still a carpark but next to a park), so we enjoyed a nice walk, I tried some exercising and attempted the window wiper pole exercise I’ve seen Holly do, but had forgotten how to do the pole flip and most of my calisthenics #sievebrain. This was our first wild swimming opportunity and of course I had to do it – yes it was cold but so refreshing 😃

We haven’t made our minds up whether to stay or drive on after dinner…