We left Borne after a tumultuous breakfast, it was another birthday in the Vriesendorp/Borne household, with all the kids and a few hangers-on and us. We barely squeezed around the table, sang happy birthday (again) and feasted on all the delights of a Dutch breakfast.
We drove to Hengelo to visit our friends from long ago whose son will have an Indian wedding in July. He is marrying into a wealthy Indian family and the wedding place will take placce in a fancy resort in Kerala. We will be invited, and, we were told, there will be an elephant, a request from the groom’s father. We don’t quite understand how the elephant will not upset the neatly manicured gazons of the resort but I am told it is a (very) resourceful family.
We squeezed in one more visit to our niece’s new yuppie flat in Amsterdam. It had large windows on two parallel streets and a roof terrace. Sita and Tessa now have 3 nieces and one nephew in Amsterdam (seems to me to scream out for a visit in this direction).
We finally reached our destination, Aalsmeer, for our last night in Holland. We feasted once more on treasured things such as a walk in the dark (with the dog), the company of good friends and a great meal accompanied by good wine. And we are still not done with our vacation!
We are off in a few hours for the long ride to Delhi and hope that this time our arrival will be less hassled. Someone will be waiting for us, we are told, with a sign and take care of things. We paid a lot of money for that. Unfortunately it got lost in transition and, although no longer in my account, seems not to have arrived in the travel agency’s account. Hopefully we can sort this out before we board the plane. After that we plan to sit back and relax.
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