I managed to take a couple of pictures with my cell phone camera. They are not the best quality, but you can still see how pretty it was!
I only have one more post to do to finish the Spain and Portugal vacation series, but I just can’t force myself to do it. If I’m bored with it, I imagine that you guys are too. Here’s the condensed version: We went from Algarve to Lisbon. We saw really cool cork tree plantations. We tried port wine which Dennis likes, but I don’t. There was yet another big church and then we came home.
So, now I’m back to normal life. As you know from the news flash, Dennis started his new job. He seems to like it so far, but he had to work last weekend. Adding salt to the wound, it was a beautiful weekend. We managed to get for a bike ride on Saturday afternoon. It was a gorgeous sunny fall day. I chose the route but unfortunately, most of the trails were unpaved. We actually ran into one of my co-workers on the path. He’s big into mountain biking (that’s some kind of Dutch joke because there are NO mountains in the Netherlands). Anyway, we stopped and chatted for a while. It reminded me of going running at Waterfall Glenn and seeing people from the tri club or the bike club. I really miss everyone!
This weekend, we got super-lucky and the weather was pretty nice again. It’s in the 50’s and a bit cloudy, but the sun comes out every now and then. The trees are really turning colors and there are leaves on the ground that crunch under foot. We went biking yesterday and had a good ride. We stopped by a farm that advertised “rundervlees voor koop” or beef for sale. The farmer didn’t speak enough English to understand our questions, so he called his wife over. She showed us the cuts of meat they do and the price list. But she said they were pretty much out of meat, but another cow just went away to the… (Here she made the throat cutting gesture indicating slaughterhouse). So, next weekend they will have some more beef. That gives us some time to translate the cuts of beef into English and decide what we want. Cool!
Today, Dennis and I drove over to Groenveld Castle for a walk in the park. Groenveld means green field in Dutch. We biked past it yesterday, but the garden looked more suited to walking than biking. The term castle is used pretty loosely in this case. The building was the summer home for a rich family from Amsterdam. It was built in 1710 and includes an English-style garden. We paid 4 euros each to see the main house, but it was very disappointing. They mainly use the building for exhibits – like for school kids. So, it was boring. But the gardens were very pretty. Mostly it was like walking through the woods with a river in the middle. There were cow and horse pastures nearby as well. Tons of people were out enjoying the fall colors with their kids and dogs. Wandering around the park-lands is a pretty typical Sunday activity especially on such a nice day!
So, now I’m back to normal life. As you know from the news flash, Dennis started his new job. He seems to like it so far, but he had to work last weekend. Adding salt to the wound, it was a beautiful weekend. We managed to get for a bike ride on Saturday afternoon. It was a gorgeous sunny fall day. I chose the route but unfortunately, most of the trails were unpaved. We actually ran into one of my co-workers on the path. He’s big into mountain biking (that’s some kind of Dutch joke because there are NO mountains in the Netherlands). Anyway, we stopped and chatted for a while. It reminded me of going running at Waterfall Glenn and seeing people from the tri club or the bike club. I really miss everyone!
This weekend, we got super-lucky and the weather was pretty nice again. It’s in the 50’s and a bit cloudy, but the sun comes out every now and then. The trees are really turning colors and there are leaves on the ground that crunch under foot. We went biking yesterday and had a good ride. We stopped by a farm that advertised “rundervlees voor koop” or beef for sale. The farmer didn’t speak enough English to understand our questions, so he called his wife over. She showed us the cuts of meat they do and the price list. But she said they were pretty much out of meat, but another cow just went away to the… (Here she made the throat cutting gesture indicating slaughterhouse). So, next weekend they will have some more beef. That gives us some time to translate the cuts of beef into English and decide what we want. Cool!
Today, Dennis and I drove over to Groenveld Castle for a walk in the park. Groenveld means green field in Dutch. We biked past it yesterday, but the garden looked more suited to walking than biking. The term castle is used pretty loosely in this case. The building was the summer home for a rich family from Amsterdam. It was built in 1710 and includes an English-style garden. We paid 4 euros each to see the main house, but it was very disappointing. They mainly use the building for exhibits – like for school kids. So, it was boring. But the gardens were very pretty. Mostly it was like walking through the woods with a river in the middle. There were cow and horse pastures nearby as well. Tons of people were out enjoying the fall colors with their kids and dogs. Wandering around the park-lands is a pretty typical Sunday activity especially on such a nice day!
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