Lord Ipsqueek's Adventures: Landal De Schatberg in Sevenum

 Hello followers, it is I again, and I bring a daring tale of exploration and grave illnesses during my latest vacation!

 

We went to Sevenum this year, 20 kilometres from the German border and more importantly, 3 kilometres from Toverland! 

 

 

 

 

And our place of residence?  The Landal Parc De Schatberg, and boy what an awesome park that was.   It had an indoor playgarden, fun bouncing pillows and of course a swimming pool!

  

Our house had this huge playroom for myself, including an own little private slide from one of the beds.  

  

And it also had a playground right in our garden!

  

Now, the park itself also has a nice collection of additional playgrounds all around, and I explored a nice selection of them. And donkeys!

  

On sunday, we went to a local car booth sale, and it was huge.  But not huge enough to prevent my rummaging skills finding me some dinosaurs I didn't have yet in my toycollection! 

 

But I'm distracted, that illness.  Right before we left, I got an earinfection, and while I managed through like the tough guy that I am, on the monday though the fever peaked and I spend all day on the couch unfortunatly.

 

 

So that brought along a bit of a change of plans, and on tuesday as such we went to DippieDoe Park, a small amusement park where there was next to no people that day.  This meant I could ride all the coasters without waiting, and we where allowed to remain seated in a lot of attractions to go one more time, super super.  

 

And I even showed mommy how to jump on a bouncing pillow, and tought both of them how minigolf is played! 

 

I swear though, that old geezer pushed my nose in my icecream!

 

 

On wednesday then we went to Toverland, a park I'm getting familiar with as this is the third time we visited this.  And I am getting to know the inhabitants rather well!

  

Of course, Merlin's Quest was the ride I jumped in the most, but I also conquered my fears and went back into Expedition Zork after skipping it last year.  Because it was nice and warm, and it has a great splash.  

 

Well, for daddy that was, because he came out of every water ride soaked... seems he attracts it. 

 

Thursday, which was our final day as they gave very masty weather in the evening and next morning, I went out to do some more "local playing" at the vacation house.  You know, get those energy levels in check before driving back home after another great fun vacation.

 

Now to just brood on a plan to get back at daddy for that icecream... 

Lord Ipsqueeck's Adventures: Roompot Klein Vink in Arcen

 Hello everyone, and welcome to another vacation report, as I went with mommy and daddy to Arcen this year.

 

We stayed at a resort called Klein Vink, but we also did a lot of excursions, so sit back and enjoy the read!

 

Now, I am going to spoil something already hihi, because I'm small and cute so I can: I commanded daddy to make seperate entries for all those parks we visited, otherwise you'll probably blow up your computer trying to load all the pictures we took! 

 

 

 

So I arrived in the Netherlands, and of course I needed to inspect the garden and the house first, because that is one important job I have to take care off!   And what better way to check a garden to see if there is an ample spot for lunch...

 

 And the mini swimming pool for some cooling down, as there will be some very hot days during this vacation!

 

As we where located near the end of the big park, we rented bikes for the week so daddy could take me to the swimming pool of the park itself.  

 

And to the local frituur for dinner of course, because I got to pick our first evening's meal...

 

Het Aardbeienland

 

 

And then it was time for the first excursion, as we did quite a few.  This was to Het Aardbeienland, telling all about strawberry culture in the region.  It wasn't the greatest of adventures, but I did manage to run around some and add some slides to my counter.  I'll recount my tale from there in a few days!

 

Hertog Jan

 

 

That afternoon after we got back, daddy had to go because he had to do some "investigating journalism and quality control", something he will tell about later on. 

 

Toverland

 

 

 

The monday, we went to a place I like almost as much as The Efteling, namely Toverland where I went to find my inner magic again.  I loved the place last year when we came here for the first time, and had another blast this year of which I'll tell later.  

 

 

Though something must have slipped in daddy's water, because suddenly he courageously went in all the coasters?  Was he drunk from his investigation yesterday or so???

 

Irrland

  

On the tuesday, it would be the hottest day of our week in Arcen, and for that reason we went to Irrland.  Nearby,  it is a park with a lot of playgrounds and water to cool off, which I of course enjoyed to the best.  More on the park in a later post in the coming weeks for certain!

 

Sfeermarkt Arcen

 

On the wednesday, it was a special market in the nearby village of Arcen.  Located near the castle and it's famous castlegardens, we went to have a look around.

 

The market stretched around the city centre, which is located at the borders of the Meuse river.

 

Mommy and daddy found some new boardgames there for their collection as well at a bargain price.

 

While daddy also discovered the local food of Raubkuchen (a potato and onion mash fried with a cheesy crust) and yoghurt-cherry icecream.

 

 And some beer sausages...

 

 Natur- und Tierenpark Bruggen

 

 

Our final excursion, of which I'll give a more detailed recounting soon, was to a small zoo just across the border with Germany.  It was a nice day, warm but not to hot, so it was great to walk around and play in the forested area in a lovely little zoo.  Of the three smaller excursions, not counting Toverland, I loved this the most, even though I ended up with a black eye...

 

Daddy also tried out some geocaching that evening for the first time.  Little did he know that the 1.5 km hidden treasure was in birdflight measured, and he spend almost an hour trying to get his non-terrain bike on a 1 km long loose sand road hihihi.

 

 But so the final evening came to a close, so after enjoying an apple, it was time to lay myself down and do some reflections on another awesome holiday.

 

Thank you mommy and daddy for doing all this stuff for me!  And to all the rest, check back regularly for more detailed stories about my adventures of the past week!!!