The North Sea
Trip Start
Jul 03, 2011
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Trip End
Jan 17, 2012
Heist, Flanders, Belgium
Sunday, September 25, 2011
We took a train to Belgium's coast, where I got to swim in the North Sea for the first time in my life. Okay, I'll be honest... Until a few hours ago I had never even heard of the North Sea, which made it that much more exciting.
The water was frigid but the sand was silky and expansive, so after a quick dip, I became more interested in the sand than in the water. We began to build a sand castle. An hour and a few spectators later (small children will be impressed by anything), we had a castle, a moat, a prison, lookout towers, pathways, roads, royal gardens, natural ponds, and a neighboring village.
I rinsed off in the freezing water and we stayed until the sun was setting, my fingernails were purple, and my thumbs had gone numb from the cold.
