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Le Petit Français where you can have a baguette with crab salad, my personal favourite for almost 20 years now. If you decide to visit Huizen on a Saturday, which is the best day, you can also enjoy the Huizenmarkt. It is not a big market but you can have the traditional “stroopwafels,” the best homemade fries and also amazing Vietnamese spring rolls from the only foreigner at the market. Once you have had your portion of food at the Huizenmarkt, it is possible to go to Theehuis Bos en Heisituated If you decide to visit Huizen on a Saturday, which is the best day, you can also enjoy the Huizenmarkt. It is not a big market but you can have the traditional “stroopwafels,” the best homemade fries and also amazing Vietnamese spring rolls in the middle of the forest. Here you will find the most gentle owner and bartender named Gerrie.He will give you all the beer, famous Dutch bitterballs and any information you need. For the kids there is a fun park called Oud Valkeveen near Gooimeer Lake, at a walking distance from Gerrie’splace. If you decide to eat or rest again, you can choose from a host of restaurants in the area, and a five star hotel, Newport, located at the boulevards Golfstroom and Zomerkade. Would you like to have an adrenalin shot instead; you can Go-kart or have a real life laser game at Coronel’s indoor Karting, near the old harbour (oude haven). For a good, affordable lunch/dinner I would really recommend .you go to a beautifully decorated restaurant with 22  Travel Secrets November-December 2015