Holland Part 2 - Kaatsheuvel, Antwerp and de Efteling

Holland Part 2: Kaatsheuvel, Antwerp and de Efteling

Today we sadly had to leave Margot's house and drive to our next place in Holland. It was called Kaatsheuvel. So we started to drive towards Kaatsheuvel but along the way mum and dad changed the plan (not very Dutch) and the new plan was to drive to Antwerp in Belgium on our way to Kaatsheuvel even though it was way past it!

The city we went to in Belgium was called Antwerp. In Antwerp we walked around and had a little look at some of the beautiful buildings in the old town square. We also went and found a coffee shop and me, Paddy and Bridget ate ice-cream and mum and dad ate loempia (spring rolls from Indonesia). I wondered why you would eat spring rolls when you can get them in Thailand – crazy!!

After we had our little wander in Antwerp, we got back in the car and drove to Kaatsheuvel. When we got to the hotel, Patrick and Bridget saw a play area inside the hotel so they went for a play with mum. Me and dad went with the front desk lady up to our room which had two big beds and a little one for Bridget all in the same room!! Then we went back down stairs and got back in the car again (!!) because we were driving to mum and dad's friend called Beatrijs for dinner (remember-she is the daughter of Peter and Coby from my other blog?).

Beatrijs has four children (Julien-9, Dante-8, Caitlin-5 and Mattisse-nearly 2). We had a play outside and then for dinner we ate Mexican and it was burritos and tacos-yummy! The kid's school is right behind their house so after dinner we went for a walk and a play at their school which was fun. When we drove back home it was really late so we all went to bed at the same time-even mum and dad!!

Grotemarkt in Antwerp

Coffe on the Grotemarkt

Antwerp

Playing with Beatrijs's children

Dinner for 11!!

On the second day in Kaatsheuvel, mum and dad had been planning a surprise for us and they had kept telling us we were going to a rubbish dump. When we found out we were going to de Efteling and it was a fun park with heaps of rides we were all really excited! My favourite ride at de Efteling was the wooden roller coaster. I went on twice-once by myself!! It was super fun. Me and dad also went on a roller coaster that went upside down and twisted like a cork screw. I don't think dad liked it much because he was really wobbly when we got off it. We went on every ride that was open and they were all awesome. It was very sad when we had to leave because it had been a very fun day. We had been there since about 10.30 in the morning and when we left it was nearly 5pm so we were also quite tired!

Photos from de Efteling

Mum and I are in there somewhere!

So much fun!!

For dinner we went to some Dutch cafe/restaurant in Kaatsheuvel and when we got home we went to bed straight away!

Tomorrow we are driving to Amsterdam which means our holiday is going to finish soon which is sad!

Love Clare

xxoo