We three (Best Beloved, son, and myself) took a ride on our bicycles to the beach at Parnassia on Saturday. Of course we rode into the wind going out and into the wind for most of the ride back home again. The starting point was Haarlem, out throught the Kennemer Dunes (Duinen) to the beach [...]
Expat Voices: 25/01/10 ConnieLene Johnston on living in the Netherlands Danish expat ConnieLene Johnston, who moved to the Netherlands from New Zealand, is ecstatic about Dutch bird life but cannot abide the way the Dutch simply park their bikes at any spot convenient to them. However, she has managed to join a group to continue [...]
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A day at the beach – a beautiful day at the beach. A day at the beach – a beautiful day at the beach. We rode our bikes out here, through the sand dunes (and it was very very hot), past all the animals which roam freely in the Kennemer Duinen (Dunes). On the way [...]
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You will not believe what you can see in the sand dunes when you ride your bike through the National Park at Kennemer Downs. It is a great place to ride, and a test of our fitness, well my fitness really. The smoker actually finds it a breeze. But I am improving. There are many [...]
We are enjoying all things Dutch but sometimes we are reminded of our age like when we do crazy thing like ride into the wind to the beach about 5 k’s each way on a sealed bike track on sand dunes – up hill and down dale. The sandhills form the hill and dale – [...]


