Dordrecht -Tholen – Antwerpen – May 27/13 – 40 km

This morning we got to sleep in a little and after breakfast we sailed/cruised for about 5 hrs before starting the days bike tour. During the morning cruise from Dordrecht to Tholen we went through some large locks to get us from a canal we were traveling on to the river delta.

A real bonus was that it started out sunny and it got sunnier and warmer as the day went on, certainly a nice treat.Once arriving in Tholen we cycled through the countryside and villages to the town of Bergen Op Zoom and had a nice afternoon coffee and rest in the town market square. From there we headed to the barge which was waiting for us the other side of some large locks around the area of Mosselkreek for about a total of about 40 km.

After dinner we took a guided train tour of the city of Antwerpen. It was an extra tour that was organized by Jack our tour leader and cost us 10 euro each.We visited the town centre, the diamond merchant area, the main train station (which is four levels of trains that enter into the station), the main market square area and then to a walkway along the river where our tour leader Jack and the Captain of the ship hosted a small drinking party 🙂 complete with red, white and/or rose wine.