One Last Cycling Day!

For our last day abroad, we chose to rent bikes and cycle around the countryside and small villages on the outskirts of Amsterdam. It was a warm but overcast day, and we managed to dodge rain until just a few sprinkles at the end of the ride. I was hoping for another brilliant blue sky day to get one final photography fix, but that was not to be. Still, we loved the route and the scenery. Beautiful green and manicured farms, livestock roaming free and living a good life, brick houses everywhere (hard to spot a non-brick house!), narrow roads, but slow traffic with drivers that are used to cyclists. The Dutch have chosen vanity over safety--despite 7 million bikes in this small country of 7 million people, very few wear helmets. The bike rental shop didn't even have any! The terrain is flat, very flat. The windmills are cool, although a bit few and far between on our 34-mile route. Didn't plan an excursion to see the homeland of my ancestors (apparently 90 minutes by car), so maybe next time!!Read more