Cologne to Hoorn

Rested and well fed, we continue north on Tuesday. It rains. We train it to düsseldorf where it's freezing. Kay spits the dummy but good humour is restored with nutella and banana on rice cakes and a warm cafe. (Ian has curry and rice, grrrr). We couchsurf with a wonderful lady and her 2 year old daughter, who does family day care - in English - so she can work from home.
We wake to more rain and make decisions to forget the rest of Germany as the forecast is horrible for a few days. Emails, internet and phone calls sort it out and we catch a train or 3 to Netherlands.
We warmshower Wednesday night with a French lady and enjoy franglais aperitif, food and conversation. Magnifique.
3 more trains and a little cycling and we are at our destination of Hoorn. We have swapped our house with
Carla and Hans and it's an amazing feeling to meet them just before they leave for the airport and know that they will soon be in torquay. We cook dinner, drink Australian and South African wine and love being in our beautiful new 3 storey Dutch home.
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