This winter has been rather cold even for Holland normal standards. So it is unusual at this time to have full frozen over pond. We were having a relaxing day on the 1st of January (recovering from the awesome fireworks!) so Fem and I cycled over to this donut shaped shallow lake. The weather has [...]
This was my first New Years away from Australia, and it was a great one! In Holland, and most other European countries from what I hear, fireworks are legal on the night of December 31st. So there is nothing stopping you from buying all these awesome fireworks for you to set off. I am sure [...]
On Sunday the 29th of December, Femke and I drove out to the Delta Projects. This ended up being our last outing for the year of 2008. Thanks to the GPS, it was able to tell us how to get there. But we first had to scrap all the ice off our car! This was [...]
On Boxing Day, we all decided to go to the Efteling (thanks to Fem’s mum!) . This is one of the major theme parks in Holland, sort of like a Dutch Disneyland in a way. It was a very cold day as you would expect, but the weather was great. Most of the main rollercoasters [...]
On the 14th of December, we decided it was high time I went and saw a castle. There are not a lot of castles in Holland, and luckily there was a pretty good one about 30 minutes drive north. This is Castle Loevestein. The Garmin GPS I took with me proved itself rather useful, as [...]
