4 May ’04, Tuesday. Up and out of Olst and looking for either castles or ruins on our way to Deventer and beyond. The books that we have (and we have quite a number) continue to give us good information if we are looking at one of the largest or more popular tourist town and areas. The problem comes when we are away from all that and we see on a map that somewhere along “this” road there is either a castle or a ruin. The same symbol is used for both. The first one we saw ( we had already passed 2 that we couldn’t find) was a large old “Plantation” type home with lot’s of character and style, sweeping grass fields, and beautiful secondary buildings. We’ve been driving secondary roads for the last day and will continue today as well. These roads are quite narrow from our standards in the states, listed speed limit of 50-80 Kilometers P/H, lined up close to the road with tall deciduous trees, and parallel with a bike/walking trail for miles (kilometers) on end. Once we arrived in Deventer we found a parking place right in the middle of a Street Market. After a walk through we decided to partake in lunch at one of the fish vendors. We had an order of Cod. Really good…. Then off into town for a look see and also see if we could find an internet café. Luck was with us in one respect as we did find a internet café but we could only use their computers. This left us with having access to reading and sending email. We will have to find another location for up-loading to our web page later. It was good to hear form the family at home !!! Our final destination was decided so back in the van and off we go on our secondary roads again heading to Winterswilk. We were really lucky this afternoon. When we pulled in to our parking spot during the street market we didn’t notice the parking meter. Well after being gone for about 2-3 hours and getting back to the van…there it was…the parking meter…NO TICKET !!! I just remembered, we also went into a church and lit a candle while on our walk. Was it luck or ??? Winterswilk has been one of our destinations from day one when we heard about it. It seems like there is a store that specializes in camping gear and anything that makes camping easier in your camper van or caravan (trailer). We checked into our campsite about 6pm this evening so we will go out to see what all the “big deal” is all about. Now to back up a little…. We did come across a castle, complete with moat. It was really very exciting and beautiful. Pictures to come. Also late this afternoon we came into our first real growth of Fir trees. The trip is taking on a newer look. The land is still very flat, the soil is the most rich brown, plants and trees thrive, dikes are getting a little scarce, and the flowers are getting more mature and the bicycles are just as plentiful as before.
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