While the mist is all around us, we can barely see to the end of the street, we realized that the pictures of the second half of our Summer holiday were never put on the blog. Shame on us! But it’s easily fixed, and it reminds us of a nice, although not that warm, Summer. After our week in IJmuiden, we went home for a week, and then packed up again for a week in Voorst. The complete other side of the country from the first holiday.
We pitched our tent at Natuurkampeerterrein de Haverkamp, where we saw lots of these sheep… Beside sheep, there were also cool cows, lots of frogs, a donkey (somewhere in the area), and lots of farmers. 
Look at our spot! Now, that’s called luxury. We were even allowed to use one of the picknick sets dotted around the site, which meant we could use our other tables for cooking and the coffee machine. The rest of the campsite was very luxurious as well, with great laundry and washing facilities, free hot showers and a washing machine. You could even cook inside the building if necessary! And there was a reading room with electricity and free Internet. We loved our farm camping!
There was fun and actics on the volleyball field.
In the sandpit
At Bussloo beach
Under the trees at Bussloo
In the hayloft
And while the kids were away…
We also went on a few great day trips:
We rented bikes at the campsite and cycled to Deventer.
Our friends followed it all on Twitter…
Last time we were here, we went for a ride on the horse tram. This time we just kissed the horses and wished them well.
And on the way back we enjoyed an ice-cream in Twello.
We also had a surprise in store for the kids: a visit to the Lego Experience in Germany. It wasn’t as big as Legoland, as it was all contained into one building, but it was great fun and the area itself was also cool. And of course we got lost on our drive through the town of Dusseldorf (skip the town-bit, it’s a country!)
After looking at some great Lego displays and watching a fun 4D movie (with snow, water and wind), we got to meet our heroes…
Both great and small!
And after a ride on a (not that exciting) dragon train, there was time to play.
Hannah obviously went for the girly Lego…
Before exiting throught the gift shop. Of course we bought Lego!
Sam and his mate Pelle had a great time putting this little box of knights and horses together. The log cabin we kept in the box. That was for when we got home!
We also had a great day out at the Zoo in Epe.
Because we are Aquazoo members, we got free entrance here. A great bargain!
There was a silly-face competition between Sam and some meerkats.
And the otters really stole the show!
Add to all this trips to Apeldoorn to go shopping, a visit to Het Loo where we were totally drenched because the weather was so bad, but the cakes were royal, pancakes, merrygorounds, walks through the countryside and lots of relaxing while the kids were catching toads… We loved it! We will be going back there again and hope that we’ll get a bit more sunshine then…
