May 3 - Biking to Texel

Saturday
My fever broke and I sweat a lot early this morning. I took medicine and Lynn led us out of town to the ferry across a canal that took us to the flower "show" at Anna Paulowna. The town is so pretty with tulips and other flowers blooming in every yard. Everyone seemed to be out on a holiday. In some places there were pictures that looked like photographs all made from flowers. In other places there were ropes of flowers decorating bridges across the canal and in yards. It was a lovely lazy ride.
We rode toward Den Helder and the ferry to the island of Texel. We had to wait a half hour for the ferry, and the ferry ride took almost a half hour. We reached the island of Texel and biked toward our hosts' home. We stopped many times and rested. We rode into Den Burg and found our host's home at about 3 p.m. Our hosts here are Trudy and Cor. They served us tea and we visited awhile. Their home and garden/yard -- like most of the homes we've stayed in -- are so lovely. I slept and rested and am feeling better.
Verle paid about 5 Euros for a 24 hour Internet connection and we talked to Dave and Bruce and Regina on the Internet connection by phone. It was wonderful to talk to them, We are enjoying our vacation so much, but we also miss our family and friends!