Today we dressed up a little – well I put lipstick on and my reasonable black trousers instead of my bike riding gear and we rode on our bikes in weather that would have kept us close to home in New Zealand, to the Cafe Terras Fort Zuid at Spaarndam to listen to jazz played by Jazztrio Muis.
We rode to Spaarndam along the Spaarne River and the wind was blowing into our faces for much of the journey. And of course on the return journey it was still blowing into our faces. It is a peculiar thing the Dutch weather. It turns to annoy you if at all possible or so it seems.
But we are told it is also peculiarly Dutch to ride on your bike to attend a recital and then ride home again. Is that double Dutch – of course if you ride out then you must ride home.
Maybe we are Dutch somehow after all.
If you are in the Netherlands you do need to visit Fort Zuid.
Tags: Art Gallery, Bike Rides, Fort Zuid, Haarlem, Jazz, music, Spaarndam, weather
