Saturday we set sail on the Feniks and headed out of Amsterdam. Then we got fitted for our bikes by Roger Knable, of Bike and the Like (seen in this photo at the head of the table), and headed out on an amazingly beautiful, and educational bike ride, led by Suzie Knable, through gorgeous towns, saw the Duurstede castle, heard a childhood story from a native of a small sleepy town, enjoyed the bustling streets of Utrecht, saw the Dom Tower (the tallest church tower in Netherlands), got lost, rode through orchards and ate fresh cherries, saw young children riding around the streets unaccompanied by parents and yet perfectly safe, and we ate a lovely gourmet meal on deck to end a lovely day...we rode about 30 miles today...not much time to write a decent post today but hopefully this post will spark my memory for more elaboration later.
(Dom Tower constructed in the 14th century to show the power of the church of Utrecht, which was an independent region in the Netherlands at the time)
Remind us to tell you what we learned while touring the inside of the working windmill, and the story a man told Ardell....
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