Week in Alkmaar

Apologies to our dedicated followers who wait anxiously for an update from our end! :-P The city of Alkmaar kept us very busy over the past few days. Obviously heaps has happened such as the visit to the cheese market, bike ride on the dunes, a free weekend away (which we decided to spend in Alkmaar itself), two vocational days, architectural tour of Alkmaar, visit to the incinerator, dinner at the District Governor's house including a pre-conference formal dinner with past governors of district 1580.
We also experienced a glimpse of spotlight last week when the Noord Holland newspaper decided to interview us! So all up, it was a full on week with plenty of variety to keep us amused.

A few things we got up to:


Cheese testing at the Alkmaar Cheese Market. A very popular attraction with tourists. The Current Foreign Affairs Minister was present to officially mark the opening of the season and we were VIP's too!

More Cheese!

After the cheese market we went on a boat ride on the canals of Alkmaar. It wasn't an ordinary boat ride, there was plenty of physical activity such as lying on the floor to keep us from getting knocked out by the very low bridges! See below...

Duck!

Marijke (Co-ordinator) & Shanna preferred to sit on the floor..

We had an amazing day riding through the dunes and half way through the bike ride we stopped for a coffee break and what do we find..a Kiwi Owned restaurant! A mere coincidence.

Our 'tour guides' made sure we had a fun day on the bikes & we sure did! Drinks were the perfect way to end the day:)

Tour of the bulb fields..

Stunning tulip fields... (spot the familiar faces)

Architectural tour of Alkmaar

Our stay in Alkmaar ended at the District Conference on Saturday where we presented a short presentation and ended with the Haka; which as always was very well received:) We're now into our last week which is in Region 3. Its been great so far and can only get better in Amsterdam!

Will keep you posted...!

Doi:)