Groningen; Sunday, 23 June, 2013

Another long lie in and a very late breakfast meant that I missed the worst of the morning’s weather and it was almost sunny by the time I left the hotel.

I walked into town and had a wander around the flea market in the Vismarkt before having to make the first of several dives for cover as a short, sharp and very cold shower passed over.

Having missed that I wandered over to the North Eastern corner of the old town to have a look around the gardens of the Prinsentuin and then wandered back to the Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum and had a long look around there, carefully missing several more cloudbursts in the meantime.

By the time I left the Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum it was late afternoon and I had by now exhausted all of the attractions available in Groningen, so I wandered over to the railway station and picked up the train south to the town of Zwolle.

The train journey managed to help me avoid another stiff shower and by the time I arrived in Zwolle it had turned into a very pleasant sunny afternoon.

I had a long wander around the town, sadly I’d arrived a little too late to visit anything as all the museums and attractions had already closed for the evening, but that didn’t matter as the pretty town centre was worth the visit just by itself.

Having seen most of the city centre I was trying decide whether to stop for dinner here or head back to the station when I noticed the massive black cloud rising on the horizon. I decided to make a fast saunter to the station to catch the train back to Groningen, and about 5 minutes after arriving at the station was rewarded with the biggest, and longest, cloudburst of the day, with the pounding rain lasting most of the hour long journey back to Groningen.

On arrival back in Groningen it had dried up again, so I had a quick dinner in the centre of town before wandering back to the hotel to pack.