Jos' Boat Trip October 03 2025

 Jos's Boat Trip 

Port Zelande

October 03, 2025

It was rainy, cold, and windy this morning so we were having a day off.  Sleeping in was the order of the day.  It was close to 9:00 am before we were up and having breakfast.  No big bike rides to day.

I wandered over to a near by mall and picked up a couple of pastries for a late morning coffee.  It was quite a place as the inside was covered in large over grown plants.  Inside there was a large pool which a number of very large prehistoric fish circling around and a pile of turtles under a heat lamp.  Allegedly there are also flamingos stalking around between the plants but I didn't see any.

Back at the boat Jos had arranged borrow a van and we drove over to the historic town of Goes.  Most of the canals into the city center were constructed in 1200 and most of the houses around the central harbour have dates on them from around 1550.  It was pretty interesting place.  There was a shop which just sold cheese.  There were hundreds of huge wheels of every description of cheese.  We wandered into the main cathedral which had been converted to a Protestant church  from a Catholic cathedral so most of the over the top ornate decorations had been stripped out. 

As today is Earnie's birthday Jos and I figured we should go out on the town to celebrate.  Jos found a very nice restaurant on line and we drove over.  Luckily we were able to get a table as we didn't have reservations.  We both selected the tomato fish stew with a bread plate.  It was absolutely fabulous. 

Tomorrow looks like an even stormier day so we are probably going to just lay low.  

Even though we didn't get a ride into today it was still a remarkable day. 

Terry