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<\/a>\n Thursday – With nobody around we had no reason at all to get up early so we didn’t even though the sun was streaming into the bedroom. I think it was after ten before we surfaced. Margaret put a load of washing into the machine and we sat around, didn’t even write my blog, this is what retirement is supposed to be like. I could get to enjoy this very quickly. <\/p>\n
It must have been well after 12 before we decided to walk into town, an interesting hour as there was no direct route in but our compass was pretty good and we decided we had picked the quickest route, coming home took 35minutes. We had a relaxed long lunch at a cafe beside the river Maas watching the cyclists and the boats on the river. <\/p>\n
Watching the cyclists is so interesting, they come in all shapes and sizes and on all sorts of bikes, most of which look really old but in reality many are reasonably new and just old style. You see relatively few Mountain Bikes as we know them. Lots of girls on bikes and dubbing as we used to when we were kids. As we sit there a section of the bridge raises about six feet to let a barge through. We stroll around the old city stopping often, wander into a wine and food festival that is on at the moment. We get the feeling we are a little under dressed. There doesn’t appear to be much going on but a lot of corporate type people standing around drinking in big groups giving us the stare. We don’t stay long and wander off to find some tea. We pick a pub on a main corner where we find a table outside where we can people watch. There was so much activity going on I could have stayed there hours. There were lots of groups of young people moving around (mostly on bikes), each group had matching shirts like it was some university capping event or similar. Walked back to the apartment picking up some cold drinks on the way. <\/p>\n