As noted in an earlier post, I biked through the Veluwe Zoom national park as part of my lovely and, may I say, rather adventurous-feeling bike ride from Busloo down to Velp, which was the last of three places I spent the night during my lovely low-carbon week exploring the Veluwe region at long last. Above, the paved bike path on which I entered the park as we descended a lovely long hill from the Loenermark park just north of it. Below, pics of various other things I saw en route from Busloo to Velp, including one of the rougher-path places with my own luggage strapped into the basket in front of my bike. 🙂
I have an embarrassment of riches in terms of Amsterdam canal photos waiting to be shared, including above and several below from a lovely canal cruise Sam & I decided to do between the matinee and evening concerts on the last day of the Mahler Festival back in May, and a few taken during Barbara’s visit just before Sam arrived…then a few more from just my usual wanders by foot or bike around this lovely city where the days are becoming painfully, noticeably, shorter as we’re now within three weeks of the next equinox 😦
You’ve seen windows from the inside of that hunting “lodge” (term used in the sign about the bridge, below) yesterday, and will see more of it from outside in future posts :-).
The Kröller-Müller Museum stemmed from the collection of an early 20th century art collector (and manufacturing heiress) and her husband, who built themselves a lovey house on a lake north of where the current museum sits. Above is a main set of windows from their house, and below are some shots from the museum itself with various sculptures and windows plus another window from the house and shots from the house tour looking out. I’m back at work but for now still sticking with shots from the recent action-packed vacation even as work reabsorbs any extra energy I have :-).
I took this photo less than 24 hours ago at the lookout point called The Posbank, at the dizzying height of 90 meters above sea level in the Veluwe Zoom, oldest of NL’s national parks. I’d biked through the park from north to south Friday, en route to Velp where I spent Friday and Saturday nights. Quite amazing, really, that the fairly large city of Arnhem (capital of Gelderland in which I spent all my vacation) is only 10 kilometers away from this gorgeous spot which felt really rather remote, though yesterday morning quite full of walkers, bikers, and those who’d driven their cars up to enjoy the views and the well-positioned restaurant behind this photo.
Passed this lovely view en route both from Otterlo to Bussloo (Wednesday) and then yesterday from Bussloo down to Velp, final overnight location of this little jaunt.
(so much world, so little time....) 