A Sunday with Cora

Yesterday after church I went with Cora to her house. Cora lives in Katwijk, that's about 20 minutes from Leiden next to the Northsea. After lunch we went for a serious walk through the dunes to Wassenaar (the next town) and back over the beach to Katwijk. The dunes in Katwijk are used as water reservoirs. Our tapwater- that we can drink and is most of the time better than bottled water- comes from here. So there is alot of water.

And this is Cora- well her sillhouet. Cora is one of the most loving and caring people I have ever met. We actually just became good friends a few months ago when my best friends left for warmer places than Leiden. She took care of me:) and invited me for dinner and to go places and there are alot of things that both of us like. So ever since we have had good times together on several occasions! I know her from church and the biblestudy group, so see her pretty often:)

And here a little bit of history. If you look carefully you'll find a wall among the dunes (sort of in the middle of the picture) this is the Atlantikwall, or what is left of it... The Atlantic wall was an extensive system of coastal fortifications built along the western coast of Europe during the Second World War. This wall was meant to defend against an Anglo-American led Allied invasion of the continent- coming from Great Brittain. It never got completely finished, but it was meant to go down all the way from the north of Norway to the South of Spain. And at some places parts of it are still there, in Noorwijk- north of Katwijk they have an Atlantikwall museum. And in Normandy in France there is alot left as well.

I don't know if you noticed- but I am not wearing a jacket! This is very unusual for the time of the year- it looks and feels like spring is really starting early this year! But no complains from my side...