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…
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…
Some more – shall we say Street Art? Than we build a bridge to the next content – here with a woman on a bike from right to left – a classic! To get to the houses – and they are not all like they are back home I like the way they put some…
This one in Varanasi – India This one in Amsterdam – Dutchland
No pictures from the 1st day as it did rain and rain and rain. The next day there was some sun mixed with clouds but it was way more fun to go out and take some snaps in Amsterdam.
Got a ticket for the train! 16th to the 21st of July. Will visit Suzanne and hope to meet Dee & Gerben as well. Lets see who else is in the city :-)