Journey: Haarlem – Hilligom – Zaanse Schans – Edam – Volendam
First mission of the day was to get the door fixed. I’d found a motorhome place near Hilligom and they kindly fixed it relatively easily, we then mentioned our tap that had fallen off and realised that the waste water tank had dropped, causing the tap to likely hit a speed bump – so that was our third bit of bad luck and €314 later that was fixed to 🙈
While they were working on the van we walked into Hilligom and past the time at a lovely cafe, park and getting my eyebrows done – it’s a little luxury I can’t do without, I hate doing them myself. I’ve got a rediculously low pain threshold and yet have decided I want a small tattoo…will see if I’m brave enough!
I’m mainly in charge of the itinerary and Zaanse Schans was recommended as a nice place to see windmills. Mark hated it! It was basically Disney’s version of Dutch village and mills…clogs, watch museum, people dressed up playing music and hundreds of tourists packed into a small space following each other round the circuit. We got the gist then left. The real side of the town is actually very nice and smells divinely of chocolate 🤤
Next to Edam to get our cheese fix… I’m honestly treating this like a food tour…at some point I must stop eating everything 😂 There was very little in the town but it was a nice place to potter and test cheese samples (pesto flavour and smoked jalapeno flavour are both yummy).
The neighboring town is Volendam and is known for its wonderful marina… except we went to the wrong one and thought the place was overhyped…and then we found the second marina and agreed it’s a lovely place to potter. Mabel sunbathed on the beach and even let a few tourists pet her and take her photo 😊
We are well ahead of schedule so will likely go into Amsterdam tomorrow and perhaps stay there longer than planned
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