Campanile - Zevenaar Arnhem

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7:33pm C.E.T Okay where was I? Left the bike shop and headed in the general direction of south based on the sun again BUT I did intend to buy a Road map as soon as I found a forecourt. Unfortunately I didn't pass one (less call for them I suppose).

Now let me just get one thing off my chest now: I HATE Dutch road signing. It's worse than the south of England! You can get one signpost for your intended ...

De schumibruder zijn bij elkaar gekomen om de laatste puntjes op i te zetten.
Vanuit het Digitale Dorp Sambeek vertrekken we maandagmiddag (few, toch nog uitslapen maandag) naar schiphol.

De eerste tussenstop zal dan tussen de Udon noodles en de Sushi van Tokyo zijn.

Nu eerst nog zeker zijn dat de blog gaat werken, dus als je tot hier komt dan is dat alvast gelukt.

Bruder i.

... within maybe 50 metres of the train was just a green blur. Farm houses a kilometre away just zipped by. It was an awesome and exhillarating way to travel.
Unfortunately our speed was not great enough. We fell farther and farther behind schedule, until we arrived in Brussels 40 minutes late. We missed our connection to the Eurostar train that was to take us under the English Channel. Then, we got a bit of a run-around as to how to get on the the ...

Our pilgrimage Itinerary titles today as the day of "A Bridge Too Far;" Unfortunately due to the downpour, we drive by John Frost Bridge and take an extended coffee break, but I am getting ahead of myself. The morning includes two Remembrance Ceremonies, one at Reichswald Forest Cemetery for members of the Airforce and the other at Holten Cemetery. I am scheduled to lay the wreath at Holten Cemetery, but before we get there, we travel into Germany to honour fallen airmen ...

... Regiment are well represented and I spot a familiar name: Cronshaw. Then I recollect having lunch with my friend and colleague Sandy Cronshaw in the staff room at our school. When I told her that I hoped to be participating in this pilgrimage, she told me " I have an uncle buried over there." So this must be Sandy's uncle, I think to myself. Soon there is a little gathering of pilgrims around Uncle Charlie's grave and it turns out that our fellow pilgrims ...

... still plenty of tulips to be seen. The weather was not overly kind to us as it blew and rained while we were there it was cold but that is relative as I have only been wearing a Tshirt, hoddy (yesterday) and raincoat since we have been here. I have put some photo's in the other blogs so you can look back through them if you like. Take care Bruce

... and then to their house for coffee afterwards. Even though the service was in Dutch it was good to just be a part of that worship. I think we will probably continue to go to their church-- we'll see. So that brings me right up to this moment, and now you are updated on what I have been up to! Tonight Mike & I have been invited over to his colleague's house for dinner. Hope everyone is doing well, you all are on my mind often. --Nate

... nu in tassen, kan maar moeilijk geloven dat ik daar de komende 3 maand uit leven moet. Hahaha!! Ik met mijn grote inbouwkast, nu met een 65 liter rugzakje (tot de nok gevuld, dat wel) op stap! Hoe dan ook, voel me wel wat leeg nu, ben ook moe. Ga nog even roken en dan maar richting bed. Ofzoiets.

Ga jullie missen en spreek jullie snel!!

En weer wat dingen geregeld. Dankzij de verhuisservice zal de post vanaf 20 november doorgetuurd worden naar Kotten (pas dus op wat je me stuurt, want ze lezen daar alles!!).
Het hostel in San Francisco is gereserveerd en wat ik net ontdekte: ik ben daar met Thanksgiving (24ste)! Dat lijkt me leuk, ik las al iets over parades en feestjes...

Kwam erachter dat ik voor de Cookeilanden toch vaccinaties moet hebben tegen ...