June 21st 2019
We decided to stay one more day. There was still a bag with laundry waiting to be done and we were running low on fresh food. A quick search on internet told us that the nearest grocery store was 8 kilometers away. That’s too far to walk, especially the return trip with all the groceries. But fear not, the marina had bikes for rent that came with handy cycle bags.
The nearest town is Dronten in the polder of Flevoland, which is the largest artificial island in the world. The reclaimed island is just about 50 years old which you can tell by the newness of the buildings and that all the streets are very straight, as if they’ve been drawn with a ruler (which they probably did). After all the historical towns we have visited it was weird to be in such a new place. But although it all looked rather urban, the atmosphere was friendly and people took their time chatting with cashiers, promenading past shops and eating ice cream in the sunshine.
Cycle bags and backpacks filled with fresh foodstuffs we went back to the boat. We did another laundry and even got some work done despite the fact that we were dead tired; it seems that our poor legs aren’t used to land dwelling exercises like cycling anymore.