Last day. We had a lot to do in Rotterdam to get organised for our trips back to Nantes and London for my uncle and I respectively, so we left nice and early, the earliest I have left in fact. Up at 6.40, we were ready to leave at 7.30, deciding to skip the motel breakfast which was only at 8. So we gobbled up a cereal bar and a cup of tea and we were off as the sun was rising. Since we hadn't had any breakfast, we stopped off at a local bakery to buy a mixture of french and english specialties to suit both: pains au raisin and chocolate muffins. 
We then approached our first ferry of the day. I was feeling quite nervous about today, because of the number of ferries we were relying on to cross the many channels of water. Thankfully, having passed through a peaceful nature reserve, we found that the first of our ferries was working. We hopped on and continued to the next one on the second stretch of land, to Dordrecht. The next ferry also worked perfectly. In fact, there was nothing really to worry about. As we were now starting to enter Holland's most populated area, we were not the only ones to rely on the ferries, so they were mostly all in order and on time.
We made our way to our third and last ferry and on our way, we passed through the Kinderdijk windfarm. This was a fantastic place full of old-fashioned windmills on the edge of several canals, with wide stretches of land all around. When we arrived
at the ferry stop, we had two choices. Our preferred choice, however, was not working, but we could still make it to Rotterdam using the alternative bringing us to the North bank. Once on the other side, it was just a matter of going under and over a couple of bridges until finally, we passed the sign into Rotterdam. This called for a photo. Or 4. Wow, this felt good. I had arrived at the end of the Rhine after 15 days of cycling, 1280km. The end.
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