It was last Sunday. We were well rested, and the effects of this spring seemed to have lessened a bit for us both. It was nearly a great day – this Bison hunting day. We left home reasonably early, and as we always do we took clothes for the rain, and clothes for the wind. [...]
I was feeling a bit under the weather yesterday so Best Beloved took a bike ride out towards Parnassia alone – looking for the entry to the Downs where there is a walk to “MAYBE” see the bison in the park. He did find the entry after riding past it and back again, and then [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading about Parnassia – The beach, the sun and the sand
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 – [...]
