a.m. drizzling rain. Walked around the little city of Leeuwarden, saw their locally famous leaning tower, said to lean more than Pisa's. See pic and judge for yourself.
Drove across long die enclosing the Inland sea, and to the W coast of NL. Took 2 mi. ferry to Texel, the S most and largest of the Frisian Islands which stretch all the way up and across to the N German coast.
Texel is abt 20 mi. long and 5 mi. wide, beaches and dunes on W side. Farms and marsh in the interior. Peaceful and rural. Many many people touring the island by bicycle, incl lots of rented bikes.ade us jealous but if we were still riding we'd not have reached here, and would have missed what we've seen and done the last few days.
After lunch the weather cleared. We drove to the nat'l park on the W coast. Too windy and cold to walk on the beach, but we took a good walk on a trail in the dunes. Man at a snack bar says afternoon's are usually clear here and Texel get most sunshine of anywhere in Netherlands. A comment now would be a cheap shot.
Nice little hotel in middle of the island.
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