Suddenly Saturday morning was upon us and although I had done plenty of planning for the week to come, I had somehow failed to plan anything for the weekend and was at a bit of a loss for the first day of staycation.
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| The view on the way to Niewe Meer was encouraging |
One of the things we wanted to do was check out Niewe Meer, a beach nearby in Amsterdamse Bos. Amsterdamse Bos (Amsterdam Woods) is like a big state park back in the US. It has great attractions: a goat farm, a petting zoo, a paddling pool, some playgrounds and plenty of wilderness, all of which we had experienced before. Niewe Meer would be something different. We got a nice early start, hit our local favorite place for breakfast (um, not something new, but we were just starting out) and cycled toward Niewe Meer.
I only had basic directions on how to get there and we tried our best. But since one of the road signs appeared to be missing we never did make it there. However we had a great day cycling around the wilderness, playing at the kinderboerderij (petting zoo), and M even went swimming in a canal (although we opted against renting a paddle boat because of the ridiculous cost). Then we went home and at pizza, the same old pizza we always eat. It was the first day and already we were already ignoring our self-imposed guidelines.
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While there was no swimming at Niewe Meer for us,
we did find a canalside recreation area that had a swimming area. |
I started to think maybe staycation might turn into a bust. Were we destined to fail in our attempts for adventure? Would our intention to have new experiences give way to our proven inability to organize a piss-up in a brewery? We still had 6 days, 6 better organized days, to determine if staycation would be a success.
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| One highlight was P on the zipline. |
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