Duinrell

  Amazing little place I love waking up here. Every morning I have awoken to the sound of a melodious choir of amazing birds . They sing so loud and gloriously, I think they are so happy because they have full bellies from eating all the tulips In holland. Do birds eat tulips? I don't know but something did. So my fields of colorful tulips swaying in the breeze really did exist only trouble is they were all plucked by something. But that's ok it's still beautiful beyond belief, and when I stare into the fields I just closed my eyes for a moment and all the color was there.

   Last night we went to dinner in town at a Michelin rated restaurant . It was pretty great because the boys stayed back and went to the water slides in the campground instead. They had a blast they said the slides blew away our water parks at home and for a fraction of the price. I paid 4.50 € for each kid to enjoy three hours of rip roaring wet fun. Meanwhile we went to this cozy little place for dinner that was truly amazing. Right from the moment we walked through the door and entered the quaint place and were greeted by the charming host with his adorable accent and candles were glowing I knew this was going to be a great date night. This indeed was true. We decided to go for the surprise menu. Three courses chef chooses. We actually had the privilege     of meeting chef and owner Mila. She is from this cozy little town an has owned the place for fifteen years. And wow is he good! 

   First course , raw tuna fresh and buttery and perfect served with some sort of light lemony sauce, topped with arugula and fresh herbs. Oi oi ou !!! Perfection.

  Next scallop and halibut with truffle and some sort of green that our waiter explained grows by the sea so taste like the sea. Beautiful.

   Third course slivers of of local piggies with a rare mushroom sauce on top of fresh peas. Very nice. 

   Fourth and definitely not last ,finally my husband is starting to unwind and I was able to stare at him all night and there was no phone to interrupt us. 

   I highly highly recommend both this location and definitely a visit to this restaurant. The web sight for the place is

Www.demarkiezen.nl

  The campground is in a perfect location east to get into Amsterdam and so much to do right there. The accommodations In 

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the mobile are clean yet simple. Mildly cheesy with fake frogs everywhere but who really cares? The money you save staying there affords you a nice meal out. There is no shortage of entertainment at the park for kids to say the least. I would recommend 5-7 nights here easily. We have only four and its not enough. On a side note, when you jolly green giants for kids and your staying in a trailer, they may rock the entire mobile just moving about at night. Could be a sleep challenge.