They’ve been steadily renovating and sprucing up Amsterdam’s Royal Palace – never a residence, only where the the royal head of state holds state meetings when in A’dam – for quite a while now. The gold ornaments on the roof are looking nice and shiny and, spoiler alert, I’ve managed a few more legit royal-adjacent digs visits recently, so we’ll very soon be showing you this view again- next time with sunshine :-).
The Mendocino-county village of Gualala, as seen from the south side of the Gualala River, from Sonoma County. Lovely coastal drive to start my new year, followed by a lovely movie with dear friends. Already more than two months ago, yikes!
Recently I promised more photos from den Bosch, et voila. I (and work) treated me to a week of intensive Dutch at a school just south of the city, which ended on the weekend of Carnaval. Den Bosch is one of the two main provincial capitals in which I’ve always heard they take the whole Carnaval thing seriously. Above is the Saturday car parade with Den Bosch Centraal train station in the background: frogs, the red – white – yellow, jackets (usually black) with many patches, and general festivity are the theme. Below, more from Saturday and Sunday.
99% certain I’m showing you the city of Ijmuiden, a lot of North Holland (the province) including Amsterdam, the Markermeer & the Ijsselmeer, a lot of Flevoland (the province) and even bits of Overijssel & Friesland (the provinces)…what makes me 1% unsure is that, enlarge it as I try, I can’t really quite find Amsterdam landmarks that I recognize, which just goes to show how perspectives can change, or how much resolution one mobile phone’s camera can generate. These are all from shortly after takeoff for my December flight to ORD.
(so much world, so little time....) 