The Dutch really sweat details, as far as I could tell from our visit. On this travel blog I search through my photos for post inspirations. Today’s post is about random details. They were EVERYWHERE, and I took pix of lots of them as we passed by. I hope you’ll like them!
I’m glad I got back to this material! I have tons of photos left and they’re fun to sort through. Have a great day and I’ll be back with more of the same soon – Greg
Diving back into my Amsterdam Diary at a random spot… I went with the pix that called out first. The MOCO is a small modern art museum next to a really cool park. They were having a Banksy exhibit, plus a few other cool artists.
I’d sure love to hear your thoughts on this stuff!
I’m still getting a feel for the new app user interface & how I’ll put this Diary together… it seems the planning & the doing will happen together, one step at a time. I like it that way, it’s fun! So Ta Ta for now, see you again soon, and thanks for visiting!
Alas, all things end, and a vacation is no exception. It was a great trip but in the end, home is the place for us. It’s also where my income is…
A Dutch city of 100,000 near Amsterdam, Haarlem has some surprisingly rural scenes. One example: it’s too neat & trimmed to be a river, but too winding to be a river. On any case a beautiful place:
Before we came to Amsterdam, I’d heard that the Dutch like their bicycles, but I had NO IDEA just how much! We saw far more bikes than cars. About the size of Boston, Amsterdam gets 350,000 bike commuters DAILY.
It’s no surprise once you consider their infrastructure: cyclists get their own road system, almost totally separate from car roads. Where America puts four lanes for mixed cars & bikes, the Dutch put two car lanes, two bike lanes and room for trains & pedestrians too. Plus it’s flat everywhere: easy peasy!
Most folks skip helmets and bike clothes. Even children ride in their parents’ bikes:
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