Posts in Category: Holland
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Wageningen – The 70th Anniversary Liberation Parade
In the last post I described an idyllic day in Arnhem, Holland enjoying the Netherlands Outdoor Museum, while the rest of the group was hobnobbing with Prime Minister Harper. Today we’ll all enjoy the 70th Anniversary of the liberation of Holland parade in Wageningen. Please join us. Wageningen, a small city in northern Holland might seem […]
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Arnhem- A Walk Through Sonsbeek Park to the Open Air Museum
Alison and I are setting out this morning to walk to some of the top attractions in the city of Arnhem, Holland. Here’s why. Liberation Tour 2105 Liberation Tour 2015 is winding down with the second of three days of events commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Holland by forces made up of many […]
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The Liberation of Holland is Celebrated at Groesbeek
Liberation Tour 2015 wrapped up our tour of WWI sites with the Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate in Ypres. After that Alison and I made a detour to visit the grave of her uncle John Weir at Calais Canadian War Cemetery. In the morning we head northeast, passing by Ghent, Antwerp and into Holland. Our […]
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The Hague – Holland’s Most Under Appreciated City
Yesterday we wrapped up our stay in Delft by visiting its two famous churches, the Oude Kerk and the Nieuwe Kerk. After climbing down from the fabulous view point over the city from the Nieuwe Kerk spire we checked out of our hotel and headed for our final destination on what has been an extraordinary […]
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Oude Kerk and Nieuwe Kerk – Visiting Delft’s Two Famous Churches
It was nice to get up early and have Delft’s market square pretty well all to ourselves. It had been wall to wall people on Koningsdag and yesterday when we took a cruise on the canals it was not much better. This morning it’s mostly us and the pigeons except for one damn lorry diver […]
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Delft – Home of Vermeer and Other Reasons to be Daft about Delft
In the last post we wrapped up our bike and barge tour of Holland with Cycletours and then took the train to Delft to join in the first ever Dutch celebration of Koningsdag. Alison and I both agreed it was one of the most interesting days of our lives. Today we will take the time […]
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Koningsdag – An Amazing Day to be in Delft
When I booked a bike and barge trip with Cycletours I had no idea that it would end on Koningsdag in Holland. In fact I had no idea what the hell Koningsdag was. During the week we were on the barge I learned that it is, in effect, the Dutch national holiday although its probably […]
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Edam – Visiting One of Holland’s Famous Cheese Towns
Yesterday was the penultimate day of the bike and barge tour of Holland with Cycletours. Alison and I set out on our own through the UNESCO World Heritage Site of De Beemster and the lush pastoral landscape of land reclaimed from the North Sea centuries ago. Originally the plan for the final day was to […]
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De Beemster – On Our Own in a World Heritage Site
In my last post on the bike and barge trip to Holland with Cycletours we pedalled to the North Sea and through the magnificent sand dunes that abut the shore before spending the night at the lovely little city of Alkmaar. Today Alison and I are going to try for something completely different in De […]