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August 8, 2007
Bike Amsterdam-Paris #2: Update
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Dear Families,
After surviving the long flight over the ocean, we finally arrived at Schiphol (Amsterdam airport) - all of us with our luggage but only some of us with enough sleep. We camped in “Amsterdamse Bos”, a nice forest just outside the city, where we oriented ourselves with the new sights and environment.
The next morning we rode into Amsterdam - a visit to the Van Gogh museum, followed by a visit to the Anne Frank house for some of us. Both sights were amazing.
The following day we had our first real biking with the beach and a swim as our goal. It was a very cool campsite on the dunes at the beach, in an area called Bloemendaal aan Zee. At night, some brave campers slept outside on the beach.
I woke up early to cook breakfast - a very new and enjoyable experience. Then we embarked on the 2nd longest bike ride of the trip. A very nice but windy trail along the coast side, up and down the beautiful dunes.
After waking up the next morning, we started the longest and the most amazing bike ride of the trip. We arrived in Noordwelle after pedaling for a tiring 86.5 km (that’s over a 50 miles!!). We are very proud of ourselves! Yesterday we traveled to Middelburg, followed by a visit to the town itself the next morning.
Today we continued to our last campsite in the Netherlands, situated in Sluis. At the midpoint we could relax for a moment on the ferry that took us to the other side of the river. And, of course, we didn’t forget to have a last beach stop at the North Sea.
As you see, we had an amazing time in the Netherlands. Tomorrow we’ll enter Belgium. None of us can believe that this trip is halfway over already, but we are all looking forward to the adventures that have yet to come.
Written by Cody Shulman and friends
Trip leaders want to thank all the parents for having such a wonderful sons and daughters!
Cis, Evie & Anette
