Makkum

The 'jaarmarkt' that I promised you news about two days ago was actually more like a bigger version of the weekly market that takes place in Sneek every Tuesday. So nothing special really although we did buy all our vegetables and fruit as well as cheese at the market. Much better than in the supermarket! We did however visit the supermarket twice in a serious fashion as we stocked up on some non-perishables for the upcoming Baltic trip. As we often end up on small islands, quite a few items are difficult to get or very expensive at the 'købman' (General dealer) in the island villages. So for most of that stuff we are 'sorted' now.
We also spent some time with the crew of 'Mar Mar', another Valkvlet that is coming to the Baltic with us. There may be three or four boats travelling together, we'll see how it pans out in the end.

Today we got to Makkum, a nice three hour trip through the Frisian canals. We'll stay here two nights and then go to Franeker taking the 'outside' route over the IJsselmeer, the Waddenzee and a bit of canal.
In Franeker we on Saturday hook up with 14 other boats built by Valk Yachts for the spring tour to Terschelling. But before then, we'll post a bit more.

Sorry, no pictures today, nothing spectacular to show I am afraid!

Location:Turfmarkt,Makkum,The Netherlands