Trip to Europe Day 5 – Asten, including a visit to Tante Nel

Today we had breakfast with Frans and Ria before heading for a walk around town. We went to HEMA which is a department store, as well as the ALDI, buying a few small items at each. We made our way back to Ria’s house and had lunch.

After lunch we visited with Tante Nel, who only speaks Dutch, so Ria accompanied us as translator. Nel is now 96, but still living independently in an apartment. She does have some support services in place and goes out for lunch each day.

The style of apartments that Tante Nel lives in – this was taken from her front door.

We made plans with Nel to go sightseeing around the local area tomorrow, and made our farewells. We headed back to Ria’s via the shopping centre to pick up a couple of items.

Back to Ria’s for a night in, with another of Ria’s home-cooked meals, which was very yummy! I had to go to bed around 7.30pm. Way too tired!!

Sara Napier