Netherlands

Given that we have just read Erskine Childers' excellent The Riddle of the Sands, we have decided to spend our last five days on Texel (pronounced "Tessel"), a small island…

Kings Day is a national holiday celebrating the House of Orange's success at beating back the Spanish Catholics during the Middle Ages and creating the base of the diverse and…

We are on the island of Texel (pronounced Tessel) and are preparing to return home. These photos are ones that we like because they have 'interesting' patterns -- and we…

We conclude our wonderful barge trip and Mark and Cinda depart for Paris.  We remaining four head by rental car east of Amsterdam to Hoge Veluwe National Park, the supposed…

  Spring is tulip time in Holland. We pedaled to Keukenhof and locked up our bikes at the gate.  As we walked through the colorful and fragrant gardens, we were…

Our group of six San Juan Island friends have barged and biked and walked and solved problems together for a week now.   Bridges always concentrate our attention. Why? Many…

<< Previous.............................................. Next >> For a week we have been travelling, slowly, driving our rented boat along canals, under bridges and up and down in locks. We move a bit…

Our little group is converging in Amsterdam. Mark and Cinda are north by the train station, Sheila and Dave a bit south toward the Reiksmuseum and we are on the…