Zeeland

Yesterday Tante Joke and Oom Gert Jan went to Zeeland in the afternoon to visit a friend.  Tante Joke had the brilliant and wonderful idea of taking Kim and I along and dropping us off in a lovely little town in Zeeland while they visited!  The sights were breathtaking! I got to see the Atlantic Ocean for the first time (besides when looking out the airplane window on the flight).  The town was so picturesque, and there were several cute shops to look through.  But I think my favourite part was seeing all the boats in the water.  I've never seen so many sailboats in my life!  I think I shall have to add sailing on my bucket list.  Kim and I also talked with an elderly gentleman who was painting his boat.  He knew about Eastern Canada because he sailed from Holland all the way across the Atlantic, and then down the St. Lawrence River!  I would love to go sailing someday.  Maybe to Brazil!  And then I could stay in Brazil and learn to speak Portuguese.

 



We also found a Snoopy shoe store!

 

Unfortunately you can't really see it in the picture, but this boat had a swing set on it!

Kim and I were also highly on the lookout for Zeeuwse Bolussen, the tradition treat in Zeeland.  We were told to look for white bread with cinnamon and sugar on top.  Well, we searched all the bakeries in town and didn't find anything that looked remotely like that description.  So we bought some delicious appel flappen instead.  Well, Tante Joke was determined that we should try the Zeeuwse Bolussen, so she went to the very bakery we'd bought the appel flappen from and bought some.  Turns out they were there, but Kim and I just didn't realize that was in fact what we were looking for.  I though it was more like a slice of bread with cinnamon sugar, instead of rounded like cinnamon buns.  We had to wait until we got home to eat them though, because they are very sticky.  They taste a lot like cinnamon buns, but they're gooier and stickier.  Better have a duikie ready when you eat them!