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Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Purmerend September 20th 2009

Ivan, my little brother turned 22 on the 6 July. That Saturday the 11 of July me and Shetal decided to go on an awesome bike ride to Amsterdam Noord. I had found a nice ride that eventually made it to Purmerend and we decided to give it a go. Shetal hired an awesome bike called Daisy and we headed to Centraal station to catch the ferry over. On our ride out we saw the coolest little space shit contraption riding along so I stopped to take photos. The next thing we did was loose the route we were meant to be taking to Purmerend. But we ended up riding to the markets in Amsterdam Noord instead were I had herring, me and Shetal got some hot chips/frittes and Shetal brought some Indian Bollywood movies hot ... read more
Joesphine relaxing (my bike)
Shetal pushing the bale of straw
Dutch cows

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Purmerend December 30th 2007

Wednesday 26th December Before lunch Hans & Rags went for a walk in a different direction, this time driving to a nature reserve a short distance away. It was quite chilly but every once in a while the sun peeped out from the clouds forming 'God's fingers” on the landscape as shown in the photo. The farmhouse pictured is for sale and with about 4 hectares of land is priced at about A$2 million! Many geese and white swans were seen but the majority of the wildlife remained either hidden or had not arrived from the northern areas yet. This is traditionally, at least for Hans & Marion, family day. Due to Marion's time spent in the kitchen a delicious meal was served which we shared with her sister's family Mina, Jan and Marcel, and Hans ... read more
Reflections
"God's Finger"
Family dnner on 26th




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