Over the last two days, Johan showed me all around the town, and I took a bunch of pictures (although somewhat awkwardly - Rijssen isn't exactly as full of tourists as Amsterdam!). I even got to see the one and only windmill today, although I promise there were no lattes for sale inside. :) The town is beautiful, and we had perfect, gorgeous sunny weather for it: 18ºC! Yesterday, I also had a brief moment of bravery. We needed to hurry back to the house to start dinner, but we still needed one ingredient for the next day's lunch. So, Johan went back to the house, and I ventured to the store on my own to buy cranberries. I found them and checked out, even using one of the tiny handful of Dutch words I know (dankjewel!) to thank the cashier. Success!
Finally, today, we had a wonderful picnic in the park. I made my favorite sandwich (proving my "Sandwich Artisan Extraordinaire" title that I had claimed on Facebook) and we took the sandwiches to the local park and watched the ducks and other birds playing (or perhaps getting a bit frisky!) in the pond. Then we walked slowly through the park, enjoying the view, the sunshine, and of course one another's company. Here's a sample of the views from today!
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