Limburg Node-to-Node

Day Seven

:: Wednesday, May 25 ::

Bree to Maaseik

about 38 kilometers

The wind was strong today; we were grateful for our electric bikes. Our agricultural route today was mainly on small, quiet roads between fields of corn, wheat, barley, sugar beets, peas--in addition to dairy cows, goats, sheep and many horses. The church towers in small villages were on the skyline.

Turning one corner, we saw rows and rows of greenhouses filled with hanging strawberry plants. 

A bit further were the corner strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, blueberry, bread, and honey vending machines.

Sitting at the picnic table across the road, in 15 minutes we saw people from 7 cars arrive to stock up as we devoured our newly purchased boxes of sweet strawberries and blackberries. They must have known exactly when the machines get filled with berries each day (or heard that we had arrived).

Our goal today was to have Pannakoeken (Dutch pancakes) for lunch in Thorn, Netherlands located on the Meuse/Maas River. 

These Dutch pancakes are thinner than US pancakes and thicker than a crepe; with so many options for sweet or savory toppings, it was hard to decide. We were all happy with our choices: Carpacio, Greek, Nuts and Fruits, and Pears. Many other cyclists and tour tourists-were also enjoying the Pannakoeken here.What a beautiful village with its white-washed houses and buildings in the town center!

We walked around the town center briefly before heading out to bike south next to the river into the continuing gusty headwinds. 

In the late afternoon, we blew into Maaseik, the birthplace of the 15th century painter, Jan Van Eyck,  and settled into the Agnetenklooster B and B.

Traditional white asparagus dishes for each of us topped off our final Limburg cycling dinner.

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Nodes for Day Seven

196-11-12-199-198-18-19-20-21-53-21-22-25

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Link to Limburg Day 8 (Final Day)