Butter, onion, salt, pepper, potato, maquereau en tomatensaus, some cheap red wine (Côtes du Rhône), finished with asperges blanche and spices including turmeric and cumin. I still don’t have a corkscrew to properly remove the cork, so the hobo method gets the job done. Nick finished cooking while I went for a run. I swam in the lake, and then we ate. This was our Sunday snack.
On Sunday everything is closed. Finding snacks at a small grocery is a rare treat. Nick turned a potato, an onion, a tomato, white asparagus and a canned mackerel in tomato sauce into a seafood stew. We swam in a lake outside of Mechelen. It was my first bath in a week.
I’ve been traveling for five years without my own cup. I either steal Nick’s or drink out of the pot. At a Belgian Costco-like store I bought a plastic kiddie cup for 3,95€. It’s small, light, easy to pack, and an excellent vessel for brew and dinner. Now all I’m looking for is an Opinel knife that peels potatoes and opens bottles of wine.
Reisboekhandel Pied à Terre is the most extensive travel bookstore I have ever visited. Daydreams become real. It is an excellent resource for walking and cycling routes. We’re currently riding the LF1 fietspad– the Noordzeeroute– down the coast of Holland, to the GR5 walking trail in Hoek van Holland. The GR5 continues through Belgium, Luxembourg and France. It reaches the Mediterranean at Nice, France.
Pack up at B-cycle in Denver.
IcelandAir flies to Holland.
Cycling paths from the airport to the city.
Everyone rides in Amsterdam.
