Monday in Holland 13 July.

Time is passing and the muddling continues. Today they went back to work so the hunt for Insurance goes on. It is compulsory. It is an EU declaration, 3rd party insurance is compulsory now. I got two months cover last time up here (big fines in Spain for no insurance back then) and cost 110 Euro, now the same guy wants 190 Euro for 30 days. Now it is compulsory guess what ? Pay up sucker. I tried the German AA. No luck but keep on trying. Tried the local office here , no must be resident of Holland Tried the UK RACV and no I must be resident there also. Contacted the NZ AA well I have used them for a Carnet ( a duty free bike travel document) and that was a nightmare, the good old bloke doing retired and was replaced by a person that was responsible for "world safety" I do Mr Morgans Carnet you know !!! Well I didn't and as he is the only person you can get it from no surprise. But it made getting through a US border easy. That is something you may consider, fly to Frankfurt or somewhere in Germany they are good to deal with, but you still have to pass the gestapo in the UK ! (That is a contradiction !) So I wait on the AA. Great. As I said before, passing through Belgium and seeing the graves, really terrible and we fought for Britain against Germany. The Germans could not be easier to deal with and the Poms think we are trying to get in illegally ! Whaaat ? Anyway it is raining. It rained yesterday as well so I did not ride to the forest park as planned. I walked 5 km and was better for it. The mussells for dinner were good, little Dutch ones. Darn tasty, never thought I would do that coming from the home of the Green lipped mussell. Gutendag I did take some pictures of Veghel. It is a tidy place with very similar architecture and tidy gardens . They ride bikes and lead an orderly life.