An open air museum on a par with the Weald and downland open air museum. It is a collection of traditional buildings, industrial and domestic, from various areas of the Netherlands. These buildings have been collected over a number of years to protect, conserve and display the history and development of the Netherlands. In particular its rural [...]
Today, Sunday we visited Arnhem, walking down a street we noticed what looked like market stalls. It turned out that they were selling everything related to motor bikes, it is an annual rally for the owners of Harley Davidson’s, there was hundreds if not thousands, everywhere. A loud and colourful street party.
Attached to the outside wall as you enter the toilet/shower area is a box designed to dispose of your cigarettes prior to entering the said facility. Keith became concerned that, on numerous occassions, persons of various ages and both sexes were staring into one box, a Dutch sport, or simply passive smoking? On one occasion he noticed [...]
We are talking those that alight from coaches at tourist hot spots. It strikes us that they are a combination of shepherd and sheep dog. The coach stops and they step out into the road, plaza or pavement encouraging the flock to follow, any member of the flock that dares to descent will find themselves being [...]
Like a lot of large cities it is a mix of ancient and modern where history rubs shoulder with modernity. There is a very relaxed and vibrant street cafe culture and expensive stylish shops. We did the tourist bit but, suspect that with a little more time we could have found some hidden gems. Tivoli gardens, [...]
We are currently on a site at Bad Segeberg, about 25 K from Lubeck. We visited Lubeck on Thursday, the weather was not in our favour. A canal cruise was on the cards, the boats were unable to sail because the water was to high. The naughty shop. It has lots of nice, allegedly, sweets, [...]
There must be thousands of hectares of bulb fields in Holland. We have placed a picture of one in our photo gallery. Whilst they are spectacular in their scale, however, they do tend to appear as coloured stripes striding across the flat countryside. We have included this photo in an attempt to give an impression of [...]
We have seen a interesting variety of animals in fields and pens on farms and in gardens. These include, Emu, camels, deer, llama, goats, sheep, ponies and plastic pigs. We are no longer surprised and hope to see more.
It is nice to see birds behaving in a way which Keith had nearly forgotten. Swallows feeding low, less than a metre above the ground. Others that are not alarmed by your presence. Whilst walking along the road a group of jackdaws were feeding on the verge, as I approached they gave me a cursory [...]
The brochure describes it as a treasury of bulbs, a good description. It is a seed bank of bulbs. A small site which is intimate and tactile which creates a great sense of peace and relaxation. These are varieties no longer grown commercially which represent the development of the bulb industry in the Netherlands. They also [...]
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