9 May ’04, Sunday…Happy Mothers Day !!! Today we awoke to a sun filled sky and we used it to knock down the campsite and head West to Utrecht. We even celebrated breaking down with a breakfast of Steak N Eggs. It was all worth it. Our hosts at Vreehorst Camp Ground at Winterswijk really treated us well while we were there. On checking out I asked them if there were any spots that we shouldn’t miss before we get to far West. They told us about a little town about 5 km down the road that we would probably like a lot. Well they weren’t wrong. We pulled into Bredevoort about noon and I know that it was Sunday but, the streets were without a car, bicycle, or person in site. The church bells ringing, the buildings, the gardens (the Dutch really know “How to Garden”), the roadway (all hand laid brick) were all stunning. The town also has a BEAUTIFUL Windmill that was built in 1632. It sat on a little knoll overlooking the town and with all the towers of the churches made for a picture book view. We pulled the van off to the side and walked into the town so that we could really get a feel of what we had to look at. I took so many pictures that I ran the batteries out. As we came to the far end of the road and walked around a corner we finally saw life. There was a town square and at one end of it were hand sawn tables and benches. These were serviced by a little restaurant/pub right across the street. Seeing as how it was noon, and we hadn’t had anything to eat for the last 3 hours and, it was just one of those settings that you just had to sit down and enjoy what ever they were serving, we ordered….THE BEST ESPRESSO’S, and APPLE COFFEE CAKE we have ever had. We had to go looking for a piece of property to buy right then (just kidding about the property Kids..). The restaurant/pub was originally built in 1704 and it still had ALL the ambience of the past. It was just like walking into a fiery tale. The rest of the town did start to SLOOOWWWLLLY wake up. It seems that this little town is known for it’s International Book Fair every year and there are little book shoppes everywhere. Some are even unattended little book cases that line a wall outside and they have a slot in the door or wall that you drop your fifty cents or Euro into. Really quite a stop along the roadway of our journey. We loved it. The rest of the trip to Utrecht was really uneventful but the country side was as usual quite beautiful. Tomorrow….Donna