Ronde van Nederland
Quite nearly biking around the whole of the Netherlands
October 17 - 29, 2018 -- compiled by Jeff DePree
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Quite nearly biking around the whole of the Netherlands
October 17 - 29, 2018 -- compiled by Jeff DePree
Almere, amsterdam, and the Dunes
2100-bike parking lot!
Across the Dike
Pumpkins for 20 cents!
So much more boat beneath the waves!
Groningen by Nightfall
Zurich: The glitzy banking capital of Friesland
This train station is somewhat lacking in utility
My bike and a random bomb
Morning traffic
Farmstand
Free trailside coffee stand.
Bizarre playground equipment
Old school drawbridge
Restaurants are expensive in the Netherlands, but the pancake and muesli diet comes out to right around $1/day.
Indonesian soup and rice
These bins seem to be about the equivalent of our gas station rotating hotdogs
A Day of Rest
This car has such a piddling engine that you're required to drive it in the bike lane. And if you're late for Mass, you can park it on the steps of the church.
This bridge not only has two bike lanes, but is flanked on both sides by pedestrian bridges.
At 37m, Europe's highest free-standing rock wall
The rock gym doesn't charge for shoes and harnesses - they just point you to bins full of old ones and let you figure it out -- the harnesses were mostly still intact.
Top of the climbing wall
Cooperative bouldering
Continuing South
So Dutch
Unmanned roadside date bar stand, with free samples!
Quick Jaunt to Wichmond
This sign says bikes are allowed to proceed, but the incline seems a bit steep.
Giving up in Arnhem
Terrance never felt like he really fit in with the other chickens.
Either Indonesian or Surinamese
The Shack in Soest
Pancake house dessert
Caving in Maastricht
Hyper-realistic cave drawings
Aachen to Cologne
So German
The lettuce on top means this cheese-stuffed waffle is healthy.
Cologne cathedral
Fancy themed hostel
At breweries in Cologne, they automatically bring you a beer as soon as you sit down, and they keep bringing them to you unless you put a coaster on top of your glass to signal surrender