Mercure Arnhem
Europaweg 25 Arnhem, Gelderland, 6816 SL, Netherlands
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Purple haze, no HILLS!
Every Friday I do some volunteering in the National Park Veluwezoom (we just call it the Veluwe). It is a mix of forest, scrubland and drifting sand. The main plant species in the wide expanses of scrubland is heather and at this time of year it is in full bloom. It is beautiful! The entire open landscape becomes purple. Take a look at the pictures...
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Vlierbloesem siroop – Elderberry blossom syr
... solution is too viscous to go through them… The best method we found is to reheat it so that it passes more easily through the filter.
We also learned that it is very important to seal your bottles. We thought we had good airtight bottles but the first batch developed mold inside the bottles after just a few weeks. If you intend to keep the syrup for a while, make sure to seal them by boiling them until the seal is made.
Other than that, just ...
Intro to the Netherlands - Lesson #1
... etcetera. There were clogs (klompen in Dutch) in almost every house and many of the people working in the museum wore them. In one of the buildings next to the shipyard Joris kindly asked in Dutch if I might be allowed to try on a pair and the answer was yes! Cannabis, wind mills and clogs. I experienced all three stereotypes in one day. Worry not, there is a lot more to this country than that, no matter what people might think. Similarly, Canadians do not all live in ...
Zutphen and another National Park
... a very long trip. Niels also says that traveling to Amsterdam (which is a 1.5 hour train ride) is a long journey for the Dutch to make. All of a sudden traveling 8 hours to visit my brother in Ottawa seems much further. I never realized how extremely large our country is in comparison to the European countries. They are pretty much the size of our provinces. Even smaller!
Zutphen is a very beautiful, small community. Like many other cities in Europe, this one has ...
Arnhem's National Park
After Amsterdam, we took a short train ride to a neighboring town called Arnhem. This is a much smaller town and thus much quieter. We were both quite relieved when we hopped off the train and saw very few people and cars. It was 6 pm and most of the stores were already closed. It felt a bit like home.
We were lucky enough to find a few people who wanted to host us in Arnhem. Our first host Dirck, lived conveniently only 2 ...



