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This is blog is about me dabbling with a little bit of everything, and not being particularly good at anything. And about the places I've been either on vacation or SAG:ing my husbands bicycle trips.


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Friday, August 5, 2022

Planes, Trains, Automobiles, Boats . . . you name it. Netherlands and Germany

Another post that is a bit late, mostly due to our move, Covid and forgetfulness. 

August 25 - September 9, 2019

This is the trip where all the transportations had problems, Storms, delays, cancellations, closings . . .  you name it. But at the end it was a wonderful trip. It all started because my husband was supposed to have a work trip to Utrecht. That got cancelled but we decided to go anyway. They did add 2 days of work trips from Amsterdam for him. One to Belgium and another to Copenhagen. I didn't go to either one of them, instead I opted exploring Amsterdam by myself. After that a week on the Rhine Valley.

Netherlands:


Anne Frank House

Anne Frank House, stairs to the attic



















Cathedral Gardens, Utrecht

Cathedral Gardens, Utrecht

Letters of Utrecht

Utrecht

Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam

Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam


Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam


Montelbaanstoren, Amsterdam

Rembrandt House, Amsterdam

Rembrandt House, Amsterdam

Rembrandt House, Amsterdam


































Canal Cruise, Amsterdam

Canal Cruise, Amsterdam

VOC ship Amsterdam (replica)
Canal Cruise, Amsterdam

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam












































Amsterdam

Anne Frank Statue, Amsterdam

Stedeljik Museum, Amsterdam

Westerkerk, Amsterdam
(closed again)




































Binnenhof, The Hague

Binnenhof, The Hague

Court Pond, The Hague

Escher Museum, The Hague

The Girl with the Pearl Earring
by Vermeer, Mauritshuis Museum,
The Hague

Grenadierspoort, The Hague

Herring stall, The Hague

Mauritshuis Museum,
The Hague

Monnickendam 

Monnickendam 

Monnickendam 

Monnickendam 

Holocaust memorial in front of houses

Grimburgwal, Amsterdam

Broek in Waterland






Germany:
Cathedral, Mainz

Cathedral, Mainz

Cathedral, Mainz

Gutenberg by Wäinö Aaltonen, Mainz

Gutenberg Museum, Mainz

Iron Tower, Mainz

Market Square, Mainz

Wood Tower, Mainz

Sebastian's Tower, Eltville

Eltville

@ Electoral Castle Eltville

Electoral Castle Eltville

Biebrich Castle, Wiesbaden


















Our boat for our Rhine Cruise is arriving













Ehrenfels Castle

Bacharach

Bobbard

Lorelei Rock

Maus Castle

Pfaltzgrafenstein Castle

Rhinestein Castle

Schönburg Castle

Sonnenturm Castle

Sooneck Castle


Marksburg Castle

Marksburg Castle

Marksburg Castle

Marksburg Castle

Marksburg Castle & Rhine

Marksburg Castle























































Rhine from top of Lorelei Rock

Rhine from top of Lorelei Rock

Lorelei Statue





























Niederwalddenkmal, Rüdesheim 



Niederwalddenkmal, Rüdesheim 














Basilica of St. Castor, Koblenz

Deutches Eck, Koblenz

Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, Koblenz 

Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, Koblenz 

Monument to German Unity,,
Koblenz

Roman ruins, Bobbard

Seilbahn, Koblenz

Seilbahn, Koblenz

Town Hall, Koblenz


Mosburg Castle, Wiesbaden

Kurhaus, Wiesbaden

Kochbrunnen hot springs, Wiesbaden

Kochbrunnen hot springs, Wiesbaden

Kochbrunnen hot springs, Wiesbaden

Biebrich Castle, Wiesbaden

Biebrich Castle Park, Wiesbaden






























Eberbach Abbey, Eltville

Eberbach Abbey, Eltville

Eberbach Abbey, Eltville

Eberbach Abbey, Eltville
Eberbach Abbey, Eltville

Eberbach Abbey, Eltville

Eberbach Abbey, Eltville

Eberbach Abbey, Eltville