Vianen to Amsterdam on King's Day

Vianen – Breukelen | Breukelen – Amsterdam 35 km

During breakfast the barge cruised to Breukelen where we disembarked and started our final day of cycling. It is the Kings birthday and we all adorned our bikes with orange balloons, lays and some wore orange. Our guide shared a special vanilla cake called tompouce with cream and/ or custard and orange icing made available on Kings Day. Many towns, homes and locals were decorated or dressed in orange. We rode along the Vecht River in an area famous for its beautiful mansions, small castles and beautiful houses with large gardens and parks all along the canals. Throughout the day we rode over several draw bridges. After cycling through the villages of Nieuwersluis, Loenen and Vreeland we arrived at Nigtevecht where we visited a traditional cheese farm. The owner toured us around the farm and explained the cheese making process. We had our lunch in their garden on the canal and purchased cheese. We Continued cycling and stopped at a windmill where we met the 2 millars who look after the windmills. One of them showed us pictures of the construction and told us the history of it. We rode on through the historical town of Muiden and on to the outskirts of Amsterdam to board the boat for the final time. We sat on the upper deck as the Captain took us into the Amsterdam Harbour for our last dinner, speeches from the crew, reminiscing about the week of cycling and final night on the boat. This has been a really fun group of people to tour with.Read more