Category: Netherlands

I spent Thanksgiving evening with G in the middle of Amsterdam. Hard Rock Cafe had a Thanksgiving dinner special, with every part of a traditional meal. We had corn chowder soup, turkey with stuffing/mashed potatoes/ etc, and pumpkin pie. We saw quite a few Americans and Netherlanders enjoying the dinner.…

During the past two weeks, the Dutch flower season has come into full swing. The first flowers out were not tulips, but other species like hyacinths.  The flowers grown here vary in wide ranges, and include more than tulips. I’ve seen fields of hyacinths, daffodils, narcissus, and more. All of…

It’s a very busy Queen’s Day, with sales, bike riding, and a new King! I’ve seen all sorts of things sold in the stores, including orange cowboy hats. I had no idea they’d put the House of Orange on food Dutch royalty on a Hagelslag (sprinkles) tin, now I’ve seen everything.…

With the onset of spring, it makes traveling and photography much easier with temperate weather. The temperature outside has a particularly strong effect on certain aspects of photography, especially when shooting with Polaroid film. It is G’s medium of choice when shooting with his vintage cameras. This Saturday we drove…

The Bloemencorso Bollenstreek flower parade went through our region of Zuid-Holland today, and through Noordwijk. All of the cars are decorated primarily with flowers, and celebrate entities from around the area. We stood near the entrance of a roundabout to get pictures. I’ve never had to fight to shoot photographs…

Spring is in the air, with Dutch flowers beginning to emerge in the fields. The daffodils color the fields bright yellow. We’ve been driving out in all kinds of weather to see the emerging flowers. We also managed to take drives all the way up to Schiphol Amsterdam airport to…

We took a short trip to Zeeland  and visited my in-laws. The town was holding festivities in the town center, including a fun game of “guess where the cow poops in the square”. It was rather interesting to see that game played in the Netherlands, since I saw it played…

Today was one of the most important in our lives. G and I completed registered partnership this afternoon in Noordwijk. Together with family and friends, we had a wonderful day. With their help, it was even more spectacular. The day was long and quite memorable. All of us gathered at…

Today I went with Gerben and several family friends to a motorcycle convention in Utrecht. The convention was packed full of people, motorcycles and all sorts of gear. I am still getting used to riding motorcycles, but I’m getting the hang of it! Location: – Utrecht –

A beautiful clear February birthday with plenty of sunshine, flowers, and pancakes for dinner. I couldn’t ask for a better birthday!