Tuesday, May 04, 2010

A bicycle built for two, or three, or four....




So, we're really starting to get into this whole holiday-ing thing! We spent the first five days at Kelsey's cousin Reuben's house, and now we're at his cousin Iris's place. The street they live on (a dijke) is too narrow for two cars to pass, but bikes ride past at a rate of about 1 every 30 seconds, at least. I suppose it goes without saying, but the bicyling culture here is simply fantastic! There are a million different kinds of kids seats for the back and even the kids bikes have seats for dolls...

And, in case the millions of bike paths weren't enough for you, you can even bike vertically -

So, we've toured Amsterdam by bike (of course), on foot, and by boat.


It's a city worth seeing as many ways as possible. Especially the red light district...


A few days ago, we did our touristy duty and checked out a recreation of a traditional Dutch village - complete with working windmills. Japanese tour groups aside, it was very cool.


I'm not sure we could fill the shoes of those old time dutchers, though...


And finally, today, we went to a festival in Haarlem that Kelsey's cousin Anneke helped organize - a pop festival for peace...or so we think! It was mega crazy with people and Jaya enjoyed the sightseeing...

So, that's us caught up to today. Tomorrow we head to Utrecht for more visits with family and a whole new city to shop in...I mean, explore...

1 comment:

jenny said...

How about some Surya pictures too!

Looks like Kelsey is a single dutch father!

lots of love to you both - sounds like a blast.