In a country which has as many canals and rivers as holland you are bound to have to wait for an open bridge every now and then.

This is the Polder near Westzaan, not too far from my parents place

The dunes are the dutch first line of defence against the sea. This is a really fragile system of sand and reedy grass which the dutch work hard at maintaining. With half the country below sealevel this is a tat important.

a forest trail, the floor is covered with dead pine needles, not red-dirt.

In autumn mushrooms are really common in woods. With august being as wet as it was, these are only slightly early

This flower is called "snake weed". Bees love its nectar.

There are loads of small birds everywhere, this little one is called "koolmees" in dutch. Loosly translated it would mean "cabbage finch". I'll try to find out its propper english name and update this later.

More Mushrooms... I like them :-)

Another small bird: a Red robin

This is the first sunrise with blue sky we had in Holland. It happened on monday 1st of September.

A well in Valkenburg. I like the picture :-)

Roman catacombes

Castle Valkenburg

Castle Valkenburg - Part of the main hall.

Drawings in the "velvet caves"

Another example of a drawing in the Velvet Caves