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We started riding in the village of Damme, following the Maerlant bicycle route -- see little white sign with red letters
 

puzzle:  How to get ourselves and our bike across this canal?
 

Sharon turning the crank to pull the little ferry boat across on its cable
 

We've ridden on our bike into a different country -- the Netherlands -- in the village of Sluis
 

on the Maerlant bike route - (this was the only unpaved section) - between the waters
 

we rode back south into Belgium, into the village of Middelburg
 

one of two eight-day-horses alongside the road in Flanders
 

proud owner of the two eight-day-old horses -- back at work after chatting with us