Friday - up North to Jubbega

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-title: "Week 7, Friday:"
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+title: "Week 7, Friday the Thirteenth"
+date: 2024-09-13T20:55:00+02:00
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+This morning we got up at 09:00 after a great night's sleep. I boot up the morning program and make
+some coffee for myself and Marina. Mom and Dad already made some coffee and are hanging out on the
+couch booting their respective morning program as well. At around 10:00 Dad makes a few soft boiled
+eggs and bread. After the breakfast, Marina and I go to Albert Heijn for just _one more time_, to
+get a few supplies for our further Roadtrip to Jubbega. We buy what we need, and then we also buy
+about four times more than what we need, and we call it done. We mosy back down to my parents' place
+and have a quick lunch at 13:30 - Marina wanted to nibble on a few _Worstenbroodjes_ so, of course,
+we got this food.
+
+The trip to Friesland from here is just under 200km (125mi), and we can do it without charging the
+car. Driving on the Dutch _Autobahn_ is mind numbingly boring, as the maximum speed is 100km/h
+(60mph), and it's all just flat and straight highway roads from Eindhoven all the way up there. We
+pass Nijmegen, Arnhem, Zwolle, Meppel and then into the waterlilly county. The Frysian flag consists
+of blue and white stripes and seven red _Pompebl&ecirc;den_ (Dutch: water lilly leaves), symbolizing the
+seven counties of the province. Underway we even manage to snap a picture of the "Wolkom in
+Frysl&acirc;n", although it's not a very good roadsign!
+
+We make one stop only, in _Wolvega_ which has a fancy v4 supercharger at a local Van Der Valk hotel.
+I rock up to the stall, and across from me there's a car with Sankt Gallen plates - booyah all the
+way up here I would not have expected to see a swiss car! It's a nice hotel, and we take a walk
+around it to find that it's near a small nature reserve with a little lake with swans and a beach
+(Full of swan poop, SMH!) but the sun is shining and we take a walk around the lake, and along the
+neighborhood here in _Wolvega_, after which we go into the hotel and drink a tea. The tea selection
+here is nice! We get a little scoop and a selection of six infusions and teas.
+
+The nice thing about taking a little walk and drinking a little tea is that the battery is fully
+charged at 420km (260mi) or so autonomy, which will allow us to do our short trip to _Franker_
+tomorrow, as well as get us most of the way back down south to Brussels on Sunday. With the charging
+out of the way, we make the last 15 minute drive from _Wolvega_ to the _Jubbega_ metropole, and very
+quickly find [[De Koppenjan](https://dekoppenjan.nl/)], which is a camping and pancake house. I walk
+in and announce myself as Pim, and I'm immediately greeted as "Oh, Arend's buddy from Switzerland". 
+
+We are taken to our glamping vehicle for the night, there are three refurbished old waggons here,
+one blue, green and one red. We are staying in the green one, it's called a _Pipowagen_, and has a
+double bed, kitchenette, couch and so on. Perfect for the night! In the 'front yard', there are a
+few picnic tables, and we're missing just one main ingredient of success: apero-material. Off we go,
+to the local _Plus_ grocery shop and we emerge with a bottle of tawny port from _Offley_, some
+cheese, olives, and sliced sausage. Perfect!
+
+Marina sits outside with me and we both enjoy the tranquility, the serenity of this camping site,
+and the ap&eacute;ro. We have a dinner reservation at 19:00 but for about 45min, we make the best of
+our wait - for me, I write my journal for yesterday, and for her, she draws a sketch of the bowling
+pins in Eindhoven for her summer sketchbook. When 19:00 rolls around, we make our way to the
+Koppenjan resaurant, and inside my eye is immediately met by Arend! He's sitting at one of the
+tables with friends (or family maybe?) Certainly Esther is there and we say our hello's. It's been
+since 2021 since I last saw Esther, and a little bit less long ago that I had dinner with Arend and
+the Coloclue folks.
+
+Arend is going to help Esther and co with a pubquiz tonight at 20:00. They are wrapping up their
+dinner with some coupes Dame Blanche, and then they leave to the bar next door, as we are enjoying
+our pancakes. Marina has a classic _Koppenjan_ with ham, cheese, onions and bellpepper; while I have
+a more esoteric _Ajam_ which is with chicken sate and a salad. It's really good food!
+
+After dinner, we make our way into the completely packed bar next door. The Pubquiz is just about to
+start, but it's a bit competitive it seems, as all the tables and groups are all ready to go and
+there's no "adhoc" signups. That's OK, we'll just play along from the side lines and see if we can
+guess the right answers. The theme is "Back to School", likely because the schoolyear is just
+starting. In total there are nine rounds with eight questions each. We play the first six rounds and
+don't feel terrible about our performance, but we did not get the questions about Frysian grammar
+quite right. As usual, we laugh at each others' brain farts, and during one of the breaks Arend
+comes to say hi. They are also doing well with their group - and we root for them as we take off to
+our little _Pipowagen_.
+
+At our room for the night, I write the journal entry for today while enjoying a few Trappiste beers
+from Rochefort, my all time favorite. Marina finishes her bowling-pin drawing, and as I reach over
+to the swiss army knife to open the bottle, she reminds me: you have like eighty bottle openers with
+you! And thus:
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+_Skol_, or shall I say: _Tsjoch_!
+
+## Pictures of the Day
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+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-13/IMG_1238.JPG" caption="In the morning, Marins thinks its a good idea to try on my sunglasses. She looks like a state trooper cop, just as much as I do." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-13/IMG_1239.JPG" caption="For lunch, we have a frikandellenbroodje from Bakker Bart. I did not like it as much, but I did not hear complaints from Marina!" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-13/IMG_1241.JPG" caption="Here's our route from Best, NL to Jubbega, FRL" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-13/IMG_1242.JPG" caption="The 'Wolkom in Frysl&acirc;n' sign when entering Friesland" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-13/IMG_1243.JPG" caption="The meadow around the Van Der Valk in Wolvega is super nice today" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-13/IMG_1244.JPG" caption="We take a walk around the pond at the hotel in Wolvega" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-13/IMG_1248.JPG" caption="The tea selection at Van Der Valk is tasty! And well prepared/served." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-13/IMG_1251.JPG" caption="An overview picture of the three Pipowagens, we're in the green one in the middle." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-13/IMG_1252.JPG" caption="The inside of our green and cozy Pipowagen in Jubbega, Friesland" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-13/IMG_1256.JPG" caption="Our aperitif today is a selection of olives, meats and cheese; paired perfectly with a good glass of tawny port." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-13/IMG_1258.JPG" caption="A half-selfie of us enjoying the last sunrays of the day and our port and charcuterie" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-13/IMG_1260.JPG" caption="The Pannenkoekenhuis at De Koppenjan has all sorts of sweet and savory pancakes." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-13/IMG_1262.JPG" caption="After dinner, the PubQuiz is the place to be - it's very competitive and the questions are in the theme 'Back to School'" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-13/IMG_1264.JPG" caption="A question in the PubQuiz: Which canal connects Amsterdam with the North Sea. NO SPOILERS!" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-13/IMG_1265.JPG" caption="My treat for the evening - a Rochefort 10, trappiste beer" >}}
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