Dutch Winter and its last battle
Dutch Winter is delivering its last battle before the arrival of Spring. This time again the Dutch Winter has no hope to win, but he wants to inform us about how unpredictable he can be. End of 2012 and early this year, we have been lucky or unlucky to receive a decent amount of snow in The Netherlands. Most of the time, Dutch winter are humid, rainy, windy and gloomy, well not this year ! The Netherlands, aside of being [...]
Texel – An Island in the North Sea part of the Unesco World heritage
Texel is an island located in the North of Holland and are part of the Five Wadden Islands (Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland, Schiermonnikoog) facing the North Sea. Texel is Holland’s largest island. The island is located in the UNESCO world heritage, “The Wadden Sea”. The other day, my friend Cocomino arrived from Japan in The Netherlands. As he had the intention to spend a couple of weeks in the flat land, I decided to bring him to Texel Island. We [...]
Good morning Amsterdam
The other day, I wake up early and went for a stroll in Amsterdam. It was a very cold day, the sun was about to rise, and the city center were still asleep. I like to walk around a city very early morning, you can catch a lot of details that you don’t see during day time, also I find the atmosphere different more intimate and relaxing… Anyway, I have been living around Amsterdam for the last 13 years, and [...]
A Sunday aftertoon, between sea and bucolic landscapes
Sometime, you don’t need to go very far to see great landscapes …We just have to open our eyes and take time …and have a camera to capture the instant.. Last Sunday (not raining for once ..), instead of vegetate on the sofa watching the time passing, my partner and I decided to go cycling in some natural area in Flevoland (not sure if we can call it a natural park …but it’s very similar) and were lucky enough to catch [...]
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