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Getting misled in Arnhem
I wouldn't say I was lost in Arnhem as I knew where I was at all time, but I would say I was mislead and it is all do to the sat nav lady.....
I had a lovely sleep in my quiet sports based hotel and then headed to breakfast with all the fit and healthy people who have come here to do a holiday of sporting activities. After stuffing my face …
Rich pastures but fields for the dead
A leisurely morning sailing through the upper Rhine. The countryside looks so peaceful / rural with fields and occasionally a few houses or the spire of a village church peeping though the trees.
Eventually, at lunch time, we arrived in Doesburg which was a drop off point for the afternoon excursions. Here Brian and I went our seperate ways as there two options and I was interested in one, he the other!
Brian opted for the Arnhem experience - all about the ...
In at the deep end!
... pass them on their starboard side. We were still in the “highlands” of the Netherlands so the scenery was very pretty with slight wooded hills and the birds were plentiful including several storks. With the weather being so hot, there were lots of people out enjoying the river. Some were just sitting and others swimming.
We got to our destination of Deventer where we could ...
Bijna zover!
... veranderingen van dag tot dag :-). Het eerste gedeelte reis ik met de Transmongolië Express om na de aankomst in Beijing mijn weg te vervolgen met het openbaar vervoer. Tijdens mijn tocht door unieke culturen en de extreme natuur verblijf ik in hostels of bij locals.
Ik heb er enorm zin in! Leuk dat je me volgt en tot ...
Blueberries
I found myself in a funny position today. A weird sort of déjà-vu that I was not expecting at all. I was on a hill, with a pair of clippers (you know, like large shears) in my hand, picking wild blueberries with the other. This is not uncommon for me; I have found myself in the same situation for the past few summers… but not in the Netherlands. It was almost eerie. No moose around though, only wild horses.
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