It sure was a different New Years Eve for me. Inge and I were invited to spend a couple of days on a friend’s boat, which is currently docked in Terschelling, one of Holland’s northern islands.

I’m not usually a big NYE celebrator, but couldn’t pass up the opportunity to visit somewhere new and do something different.

We were on the Flora, which has 16 cabins and usually does bike and sailing tours on the canals in the Netherlands. We joined a group of longtime friends who have been meeting and sailing together for the last 40 years, give or take.

This was our cute, cozy cabin with its own tiny but comfortable bathroom.

Here are some randon shots cause I just like to do that.

One of the guests had the cutest little dog with him. Would you believe she is 11 yrs old? She has the face of a puppy.

Speaking of dogs (you may not have been, but I am always speaking of dogs), there were so many dogs in town… and in pubs and restaurants. My kinda place. I loved it!!

A little past the port is a little museum of sorts. They had a small display where they fired off one of canons yesterday. They also blasted the fog horn a couple of times, making me jump out of my skin.

If you’ve never been close to a fog horn before, trust me… it rattled all the bones in my body.

The island of Terschelling is 3 times the size of Paros and has 1/3 of the population. We only visited the port town, of course. Walking distance. It was too cold and windy to venture too far.

Today we visited the beach (from afar), got blown to pieces, and retreated into the pub/restaurant to warm up. Like most islands, the winds are ferocious.

We had to visit The Whale, apparently a world famous pub. Or so im told.

To be revived with a french coffee. I’m a convert. No more Irish coffee for me, baby. Grand Marnier all the way!

Tomorrow, we head back to Zutphen, the comfort of home and my laptop. Blogging on a mobile is a pain.

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