Even before I got into the Hoge Veluwe park and its renowned Kröller Müller museum this afternoon, I enjoyed the loveliest 15km or so bike ride through forest and field with nary a car in view, en route from the train station nearest to the geographic center of NL with easy onward paths to Otterlo. I’ve now spent three hours in the fantastic museum and its magnificent extensive sculpture park, and am very glad indeed that I can go back both tomorrow and Tuesday. An excellent start to Paul’s low carbon footprint countryside adventure. If things go as planned, I’ll explore the park and various surrounding towns – two more overnight destinations to go once I leave here on Wednesday – entirely by foot and bike, til next Sunday at which point I’ll be on train back to Amsterdam. Two additional points of note: it’s very agricultural and lots of horses here, which I’m guessing is why the main paths through the woods are sandy and unsealed, with only the narrower bike path sealed. The motorized farm vehicles can navigate sand, and it’s kinder on the horses’ hooves, I assume. Also: yes, there are hills! 🙂
(so much world, so little time....) 
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