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A quick look at Leiden, Netherlands
Molen De Valk or “The Falcon” windmill (1753) in Leiden. It has seven stories, all open to the public. We definitely need to go back. Roxi had a jazz gig in Leiden yesterday afternoon… in a BAR. How cool is that? She and her jazz band performed a two hour set–about 14 songs. Now I [...]
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 [...]
France: Disneyland Resort Paris
A couple of weeks ago, Roxi and her school choir as well as the school orchestra performed at Disney Paris. Isn’t that cool? The choir sang three songs–”Time After Time“, “Your Song” and “Blue Moon“. Roxi had a solo in “Time After Time”, and she was quite pleased about it. The kids also attended workshops [...]
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 [...]
Good thing birthdays come but once a year
This has to be my very favourite view while biking into the Centrum. It’s the Binnenhof. Roxi and I took a tour of the Kight’s Hall last summer. Roxi and I started the day with much needed haircuts from the Aveda Salon in the Haagsche Bluf. We liked the little massage we got before our haircuts [...]
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 [...]
NL Photos from the Weekend
Friday evening, we rode to Clingendael Park. There is a Japanese garden there that I wanted to see, and that seemed a good enough excuse to get on our bikes. BTW, the light green in the photo is an algae-covered canal. Mr. DJ said he used to call that stuff “frog spit” when he was a [...]
