Muiderberg (pronounced Mau-der-berg – sort of, the Dutch language was a bit of a challenge for us) is a small suburb east of Amsterdam. It it very lush and green and sits against a lake. We stumbled across it by accident when our hotel prices in Amsterdam doubled for the weekend and we started searching AirBnb for cheaper options. And Voila (as the French say) we found a nice little apartment in this quiet town of 2500. There was a hotel, a market, a butcher, a baker, and a couple restaurants.
Our place was across the street from a hip, modern gastropub called De Echo. We through on a movie for the kids and decided to make a date out of it. W00t, W00t! Mike had the Steak TarTar and Myla drank all the wine. 🙂 Kidding – but the food was delicious and it was nice for us to have to have some alone time (the kids too!)
We lucked out in that the weekend we were there was Muiderberg’s annual ‘Swing op de Brink’ a local music festival with food and drink. We enjoyed some local sausages, coffee from a converted car, dancing, wine and great music. We also made some new friends, Nora and Yannes and their two young sons. They invited us over for dinner which was really nice. The kids (who speak different languages) bonded over video games. It was a great evening with great people.
We also spent some time down at the lake watching dozens of kite surfers one windy day. And took a stroll through the woods and visited to the Echo Wall. An ancient wall in which if you stand at one end and whisper, the person on the other end can hear you. People used to think it was the forest talking to them. (insert twilight zone music)
It was actually nice to get out of a big city for awhile. After London, Paris and Amsterdam, we were all a little run down and needing a break. So we spent time journaling, play games and watching movies. Thanks Muiderberg.
And now we’re off to visit some cows in Nieuwveen. Moooo…
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