Saturday, October 06, 2007
The weather was once again spectacular. It was bright and sunny and in the 60's. Perfect. We started the day off by getting the delicious uitsmijter breakfast. It's ham and eggs and cheese over warm, fresh bread. Then we wandered around the city looking for a useful bike store where I purchased some fenders and giant bike map holder. My bike is looking more and more like the Bianchenstien we all know it is.
Craig and I then took our bikes up to the town of Scheveningen where the North Sea beaches are. (Apparently, the Dutch used the word "Scheveningen" during World War II to tell if a German spy was posing as a Dutchman - only those born and raised in teh Netherlands can properly pronounce it. I would most certainly fail the test.) It's really quite beautiful although I'm pretty sure the water is freezing. We rode along the beach and then through the vegetated dunes near Wassenaar and then back to the Hague. It was around 20 miles. Hopefully I'll be able to upload and display the GPS track of these bike trips, but that will be for later.
Now for some of the days photos:
Craig's apartment is the white building, right across from...
the Dutch Parliament.
Bicycling in the dunes.
Again, the glorious Dutch Parliament which you can ride your bike through...
And, the picturesque American Embassy. A little overkill, no?
Craig and I then took our bikes up to the town of Scheveningen where the North Sea beaches are. (Apparently, the Dutch used the word "Scheveningen" during World War II to tell if a German spy was posing as a Dutchman - only those born and raised in teh Netherlands can properly pronounce it. I would most certainly fail the test.) It's really quite beautiful although I'm pretty sure the water is freezing. We rode along the beach and then through the vegetated dunes near Wassenaar and then back to the Hague. It was around 20 miles. Hopefully I'll be able to upload and display the GPS track of these bike trips, but that will be for later.
Now for some of the days photos:
Craig's apartment is the white building, right across from...
the Dutch Parliament.
Bicycling in the dunes.
Again, the glorious Dutch Parliament which you can ride your bike through...
And, the picturesque American Embassy. A little overkill, no?
Comments:
i'm living vicariously through you.......until it rains and you're lugging a 60 lbs trailer through Germany. HAVE FUN! Be careful! Stay away from any black lights...xoxo, miss you.
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