Low Key Start

The first few days of this week, we've been hanging low around Nijmegen.  We've gone shopping and purchased some postcards to send back home.   We have also sampled a few types of kaas (cheese) in preparation for our day trip to the Gouda (actually pronounced with an /h/ instead of a /g/).  We even packed up and had a picnic lunch in our favorite park. 

Momma got out for a nice run on Monday evening to kick off my 1/2 marathon training Dutch style.  I managed to go 5 miles and basically ran the outskirts of the city.   I took the Waalbridge out of the city, running above the bridge right as a barge passed below the was called the Carpe Diem, then ran along the shore line to the walking/bike path/train bridge that went back into the other end of the city centre. Yup...you read the right...Jen who hates hills apparently likes to run bridges. The view from the middle of the bridges are the payoff!   

It looks like today will be our first day hanging out inside for the majority of the day.  It's pouring rain.  I guess it had to rain during the day at some point during our trip.  We are gearing up for grocery shopping this evening.   

Tomorrow we are planning to go buy some cheese and seeing some working windmills at Kinderdijk.  Stay tuned.