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Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....

March 21

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Spent some time yesterday pricing paint etc ready for doing some work in the farmhouse when I come back from Holland. At least now I will be able to compare prices in Holland and if it is cheaper there, will bring back with me.

This morning I got up at 5 o'clock ready to make the drive up to Nieuwkoop, near Amsterdam. The plan was to be on the road by 6 a.m. but as per all good plans, things can go wrong. This morning I found the kitchen sink blocked, so before I could wash up I had to empty the cupboard and clear the U-bend.

Anyway only 30 minutes late I set off. GPS programmed to the exact address and a tank full

of petrol, so lets see how long it takes. One advantage here on Sundays, is very little lorry traffic on the roads and with this Saab I am able to set the cruise control on the 130 km regulation speed on toll roads and that sure makes life easier. I was just south of Paris by 12 noon so called in to a service station to fill the tank up, get some coffee and sandwiches. The inner ring road round Paris, was as always, very busy, but once round that I seemed to cross the border in to Belgium quite soon, got held up by roadworks around Antwerp, but once round these was soon into Holland. At the border I called Arie and he was astounded to hear just how quickly I had managed to do the journey so he hung in there for me, before sorting out dinner.

I parked up at Arie's place at exactly 5.30 p.m.so had covered 1105 kilometers in exactly 11 hours and I have to say I felt quite fresh. This Saab might be 11 years old but it is exteemly comfortable and just eats up the distances.

Arie and I had to take his son Michael to Aphen on the Rhine, were he lives during the week, close to school. That done the two of us spent an enjoyable hour or so in a Chinese restaurant before getting back for a reasonably early night. Guess what, Arie drove.......

 

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