Day 20 - Vierlingsbeek to Swolgen, Sept. 30

Another lovely walking day! After leaving the Concordia hotel, where we were the only guests, we soon left the village and entered the lovely fields and woodlands. We soon came across the biggest field of kale we have ever see. Enormous!!!! Jeff loved it! Because he loves boeren kool with worst. It seemed we were in the vegetable belt of Holland. A giant field of carrots and turnips were around the corner.

We were not lucky with coffee stops. A lot were closed. We did find a bakery that served tea and almond cakes. 

One of today's highlights was the sand dunes we walked through. We had the place to ourselves. In fact, we rarely meet anyone on the PP. Very peaceful. 

We are in Swolgen right now at the Oude Pastorie, a b & b. The church bell is going wild right now. We are supposed to be here two nights and have tomorrow as a rest day. However, there is NOTHING to do here. Maybe look at some sheep. It is also a challenge to find some dinner. A bar is open and we are going there.

We have decided to go on to Venlo, a much bigger place, and spend two nights there. The lady in charge here would not budge but we are going anyway. A taxi from Venlo is picking up our luggage. We have to share a bathroom here and we already had to say through the door, "bezet!". I have to admit that it is an amazing structure. It really used to be a parsonage, probably catholic. 

We are loving the walking. The accommodations sometimes are stressful. But we are learning lots, mostly about ourselves. Haha!