Got behind on blog, writing Mon. a.m.
After a fine breakfast at b&b in Chaam, relaxed there til nearly noon because not expected at Turnhout until 5. Rode S using the system of cycle paths and waypoints of the Netherlands and Northern Belgium. , during the course of the rally we had become accustomed to this system and it makes navigating and bike touring easy and enjoyable. The route to turnhout was lmostly past large cow pastures and corn fields. At Turnhout Thomas nice medium sized town, we checked out the cathedral for Sunday Mass time (11), visited the castle of The Dukes of brabant (pic) and also walked through a large enclosed convent complex, a UNESCO world heritage site, which now is an old folks home. At 5 we arrived at the apartment of our warm showers host , a young Spaniard by the name of Romano Pla. He is an enthusiastic touring cyclist, and went out of the way to make us feel comfortable and welcome. After we went out to dinner , we spent a pleasant evening comparing travel notes. He has us thinking about a possible future tour along the Danube starting somewhere in southern Germany and ending maybe in Budapest.
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