Gerben worked a lot to finish the houseboat in Groningen. Went with him and Dee for a day to look at the city. The old part is quite nice and there are lots to see. Verbindingskanaal in Groningen Sint Jozefkathedraal Sint Jozefkathedraal Sint Jozefkathedraal St. Anthony Gasthuis Tower of the Martinikerk Town hall at Grotemarkt…
Visited Dee and Gerben in Spring in Amsterdam. Now they are back in Mirns – a good time to come over for a week and enjoy the quiet countryside. Got another one of the less than 100€ Euro travel train tickets both ways. Early in the morning I got up and walked down to the…
From the campground to Edam or Amsterdam takes about the same time with the bicycle. And I was so many times in Amsterdam but only one time in Edam – so it was Edam today. You pedal in the general direction until you pass a signpost with the bike routes on it. Now you find…
If you want to go to from Stuttgart to Amsterdam to Stuttgart and you do not want to spend more than 100€ you have a few options. Hitch Hike: Free but one can not be sure to arrive at the same day Ride sharing: Quite fast but you need somebody that goes both ways at…
Goodbye Berlin – a few more hours to Groningen. Walked to the bakery, had coffee with some baked nice things. From there it is only a minute to the tram stop. Now imagine: rush hour traffic at the station and only two machines for tickets. A looooong line and most of the people do not…
A week is short and I only had 3 more days to go. More walking in Amsterdam. More meeting the guys down town and more camping. The Citroen DS Car Collector Next to the camp ground was a big old car collection. Most of the cars had no roof to park under and where exposed…
Nieuwendammerdijk is a dyke or dam in the Northern IJdijk between Buiksloot and Schellingwoude. On my way from the camp ground to Amsterdam down town I crossed it to get to the ferry. Nieuwendam founded in 1514 after one of the dykes broke. At the time the dyke lay between the IJ river and fields….
The best way to explore a city is walking the streets. This way you will see the most and have time to soak it all up. So lets walk a bit :-) Took this picture in 2011 – walked the street again and it still looks the same – almost Guess they do clean the…
Today Gerben took us to see some of the reclaimed land. The Dutch water management is like no other on the planet. There are pumps everywhere and water as well. Often you have on one site of the street water a metre below and on the other only a few centimetres from street level. Half…
Dee, Jouke and Gerben where in Amsterdam. And I could squeeze a week in. So it was off to Amsterdam once again. They had a caravan on a small camp ground about 8 kilometres from Amsterdam Centraal. Great to do this with my bike! The Deutsche Bahn BS So I went online and looked for…
This is the second part from my short trip to see Dee and Gerben for their wedding in the Netherlands. Evening at the back of the house View from the garden At the Mirnser Kliff – about 5 minutes away with the bicycle. Most of the cars are from Germany. Preparations for the party Gerbens…
Stuttgart Airport Bus Station. Since some guys with not too much brain decided to build a new train station we have now 3 different bus stations in Stuttgart. And they are all in the middle of nowhere. This one makes sense if you want to take a bus to the airport. But that is it….