May 20 – Monday

I was supposed to be in Wagengen at the agricultural college today, but don’t think that I will make it. We took the advice of the army couple that we met in the last campground and visited Mauradam, the minature city near Den Hague, and Kerkerof the tulip gardens. Both very interesting but a bit late for the tulip gardens but what we did see was interesting and beautiful. We arrived in Amsterdam about 4 pm, went to the wrong campground but it is clean and acceptable. Got lost trying to drive downtown Amsterdam. We finally found downtown just in time to see all the stores close! But we did get a folding table for the camper. 

Met another couple from the U.S. They were parked next to us. They had an orange camper like ours but a 73 model. An interesting couple, they had been touring and camping throughout Europe since august 1973. They are a pair of well-seasoned American tourists in Europe; full of ideas about how to fix up the camper. We put up the canoe tent (it is out of place in a European campground!) Decided that it was necessary to make the camper more comfortable for those in it and may afford some privacy for all. Joe slept in the tent; he was getting a little grumpy and needed his own space for a while. We were all asleep by 10 pm.
Goodnight.

Mauradam Theme Park, the Hague, the Netherlands