just another morning here

It was wet for most of the night, then more rain started in earnest around 7am. The children slept on, so Steve and I watched a couple more hours of 24!

Had Belgian waffles for breakfast and then the kids and Steve watched Eragon while I fiddled around in the caravan. Over lunchtime it finally stopped raining! We decided to go into Turnhout, the town nearest the campsite, and visit the Playing Card Museum, and it was fantastic! Hadn’t realised, but Turnhout is historically a place where playing cards were produced, and now holds the headquarters for Copag and Carta Mundi, international card game companies. We didn’t know it was a special afternoon there, but it was – all the printing presses and machines were working and being demonstrated, and it was free entry!

Really really enjoyed seeing all the machines still working, and one particular volunteer tried really hard to tell us as much as possible in English. The kids all chose a pack of cards at the end, you can never have too many packs of playing cards

We looked at Turnhout Castle as well, and probably would have mooched around and had coffee in the town centre but there was a fair in the main square, which was loud and offputting, so we came back to the campsite.

Sat outside with a beer while the children played cards and then had a sandcatle building competition, just like being at the beach but better, imo!

Finished off the day with chicken and chips from the campsite Frituur, and another play at the big park.