We had another quiet day today, which was nice. The farm cat came into the house again this morning. He's always looking for treats so I gave him some of the Whiskers snacks that Heidi and Frans keep especially for him. I think I gave him a few more than he normally gets given though. After lunch Paul and I went for a short bike ride down to the petrol station. Paul had to help me with locking my bike. There's a key that sits in this metal box by the back wheel. ...

I've been wanting to purchase a raclette table grill since we had dinner at Danika's house. Heidi thought I may find one at the Blokker in Hoevelaken so we went with them when they went grocery shopping this morning. They return all their beer bottles to the supermarket to recycle. You receive €3.80 for a crate if it still has all of the glass bottles inside. You can also recycle single bottles, including fizzy drink bottles. There is a special area where this ...

Today I was a lazy lump and had a relaxing day at home. I organised some of the things that I want to send home into a pile and threw lots of rubbish out. Heidi and Frans went out to a BBQ dinner so we had a quiet night and just had an easy dinner. I had some yoghurt and then got hungry again later on so made a piece of toast and had some cheese too. I'm slowly getting better at toasting my bread in the oven. Tonight we watched the closing of the Olympic Games. W...

We spent the day in Amsterdam with Laille. She flies back to London tomorrow morning so is staying the night at a hotel in Amsterdam again. The train into Amsterdam is quite expensive (€15 return) so I think this will possibly be the last time that we go in. We bought a 24 hour ticket for the tram for €7 too, as we thought it would make it a bit easier to get around everything in one day. We dropped Laille's suitcase off at her hotel and then caught the tram ...

Today Heidi and Frans took us for a day trip to Rotterdam. It took us a bit over an hour to drive there, so slightly further than to Amsterdam. When we arrived there we parked the car and went on a river cruise. The river cruise took an hour and a half. When the bar opened the boys ordered a beer and the rest of us bought ice creams. The boat we past apartments, the Euromast and a lot of shipping containers! Rotterdam has one of the largest ports in the world. Af...