As you can guess the plan for the day was to get more Euros. We had not been able to charge anything to our Visa or Mastercard as well as our debit cards so we were a bit worried... however, I will get to that later.
The morning started early. We woke up at 7:30 so we could pack up and move our stuff to Pake and Beppe's house. We said our morning good byes as Jeroen and family went off to day care and work. They were later than expected becuase they slept in so they were also running late. The plan was to be out of the house by 9am and go to Harderwijk to the Dolfinarium for the day and than on to Workum for supper. However, I wanted to stop at the bank for more cash and than the grocery store for a few things we needed and wanted to leave as a thank you for the family. So as soon as the family was gone we brought everything downstairs and than I took Tianna to the bank and store. Kaydence was grumpy so Reuben stayed with her and tried to settle her down.
Off Tianna and I went on the bike to the bank first. However, both debit cards and my visa would not let me withdraw cash. So I went to the store for the few things I needed before traveling. I got back to the house just after 9:30, Kaydence was sleeping and Tianna was grumpy. Reuben and I were worried about not being able to get money so instead of going straight to Harderwijk we stopped in Assen to try and find another bank. To no avail could we find another one so we headed south to Harderwijk with hope that we would find one there. We did not arrive in Harderwijk till 12:30 so paying 50 eros for less than 4 hours was not ideal. We drove around town for a while trying to find a panekoek house for lunch but needed gas and money. We found a gas station and tried to use our cards. The first time we tried it did not work but once we talked to the lady Reuben's debit card finally worked. It gave us hope that we could get money from somewhere so we could continue our vacation. After getting gas we went to find a spot to park and go around the town, walking through a quaint shopping part of town and then to a canal to walk. It was very windy. For lunch we stopped at a Bakkerij (bakery) and had a pizza. While we were walking we found a different brand of Bank and thought we would try our cards again. We tried Reuben's card and it finally worked! Ya, we could get our money! Praise God! With smiles on our faces we walked a bit more and than stopped for patats (fries so thick and fresh you will never want MDs fries again!) and frietsaus. Tianna had a small ice cream instead and than we went back to the car.
We drove fairly smoothly to Workum and found Pake and Beppes house with only one stop for a poopy diaper. In Workum I remembered which was their house from the front but not the back so I had Reuben park in the parking lot and I took Tiannato walk around to the front of the house, ring the bell and go find Reuben back in the parking lot. We unloaded, settled in and showed Tianna the boats. We went for a walk down the Canal and back to Pake and Beppe's for supper. After supper we had to bath Kaydence because she pooped everywhere and then the girls went to bed. Tianna was not too happy about going to sleep but fell asleep shortly after she stopped screaming, not even a minute after I left her room. Reuben and I went for a walk around town once the girls were asleep. It was still very windy but it was fun to show Reuben some of workum and than to the house for tea and bed.
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