All Entries in the "Outdoors" Category
Christmas Market in Aachen, Germany
Dear Aachen, we fell under your medieval spell. Your storybook-perfect Christmas market between Charlemagne’s Cathedral and your 14th century Town Hall made us feel like children again, giddy with the delights of the season. Of course, you were most spectacular after dark. And though some of your Christmas vendors seemed similar to the ones in [...]
Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market) in Köln (Cologne), Germany
What is more magical than a German Christmas Market? How about one at the foot of Koln’s magnificent cathedral, the Kölner Dom? There are street musicians—this one is playing a saw. And market stalls filled with traditional gifts and delicious food. But as evening falls… … that is when the magic begins. The busy, outside [...]
Köln (Cologne), Germany
We’re back and exhausted! Three full days of walking and shopping will do that to you, I suppose. ;-) I have a bunch of photos to share, but first things first: Our Thanksgiving Dinner! It was a Herr, not a Fräulein, who brought us our beer. And it was in a glass, not a stein. [...]
Delft, Netherlands (revisited)
If you missed my first trip to Delft last year, you can take a peek here. On that trip, Roxi and I focused our attention on one of the local potteries specialising in Delftware. This time, I went to Delft for social reasons–meeting two of my friends from my Dutch class for lunch and a [...]
Sinterklaas arrives in Den Haag this weekend
These two gals were just too cute! This was the first time I’ve seen a child on a bike holding an umbrella too. It’s been raining here all week. Hope the weather is better for Saturday’s parade. Do you know about Sinterklaas aka Saint Nicholas, aka Father Christmas, aka Santa Claus? He’s comin’ to town this [...]
Netherlands: The Windmills at Zaanse Schans
Zaanse Schans calls itself one of Holland’s Top Tourist Destinations and I am certain that is true. Located just 20 minutes north of Amsterdam by train, this lovely outdoor museum is a wonderful place to sample a bit of this country’s unique history. Since it is less than an hour from our house in Den [...]
Wordless Wednesday ~ 15: It might be cliché, but that’s really what it looked like.
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In The Netherlands: Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe
Last Saturday, we drove up to Holland’s largest nature preserve: Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe. It is located about two hours from Den Haag and is one of those places we’ll need to visit more than once in order to see it all. This visit, we only had time to do a bicycle tour of [...]
Biking to the North Sea
One of the perks of living in The Hague is being less than five miles from the beach. I am sorry to say, we’ve not really take advantage of this. The only trip we’ve made out there since we moved was in late June. Shame on us! We know that the cold and wet is [...]
Now that’s what I call a sandcastle!
We spent the rainy weekend mostly indoors. It was probably for the best as we really needed to sit down and plan our upcoming holiday. We’re leaving on Friday! Nothing like waiting until the last minute ;-) Anyway, I’ve got a bit of a back log of photos from here and there, so to continue [...]
