Day 40: Beach Day in Domburg

As I have been made aware, it is HOT many places, including where we found ourselves today.

We got up and had some toast before packing a couple days worth of clothes for each of us into Brandon’s suitcase (mostly because his rolls more easily). We were heading out of town with Alina and Alicia to go to Domburg, a beach town in the Netherlands.

In 2010, Brandon got to stay in a youth hostel in Domburg when he visited. He had gotten the chance to go on a class trip with the daughter of some of Alina and Peter’s neighbors at the time. The class had come to the beach, but he chose not to go in the water then. Today, we all swam in the North Sea a few times. Alina had warned me it was going to be chilly, but I had underestimated it given how hot it was. It felt nice, though, and I even got in my classic beach nap!

Prior to getting to the beach, we all tried to check in to our respective lodgings early. Alina and Alicia are staying at a B&B around the corner from the one Brandon and I are at, but both are overseen by another hotel nearby where all the check-ins happen. The neat thing about both places is all the keys for the entryways and rooms are digital! It’s equal parts handy and mildly concerning because if your phone isn’t working, you aren’t getting in anywhere lol.

We spent a few hours on the beach, grabbing some food at one of the lounges on the sand. Around 5:30, the tide was starting to come in and creep up on us, so we packed up and headed to our hotels to clean up. Around 7, we met Alina and Alicia at an Italian restaurant nearby and had some very good food! We kept seeing people with ice cream, and we did get some eventually, but we took a walk first.

On our walk, we went back by the beach to take some pictures. Even later into the evening, it was very warm and we were sweating! As I write this blog, I am sweating! It is atrocious! The ice cream helped cool us down slightly, but we were all pretty tired by the time we finished eating, so we went our separate ways with a tentative plan to meet after breakfast tomorrow morning. There is rain in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow, plus a significant cooldown, but I’ll believe it when I feel it!

It’s hard to believe we are into the 40s with the number of days we’ve been trekking! It’s been a wonderful time, but I continue to look forward to each new day :) Enjoy the photos!