Friday 12 August 2011

Noord Holland

Here are some more photos from our little vacation last week. It was a big week for my daughter, as she got to crawl around on grass for the first time, swing in the hammock, etc. In addition, Arianne got to interact with a whole range of new animals that she had previously only seen in cartoon form. The family that runs the B&B has a young cat called "Pip", and Arianne was fascinated with this small furry thing. Later that week at another B&B near Utrecht she got right up to the snout of cows, large pigs, sheep, and a horse.
Here she is all decked out in adventure gear: Army green cargo pants, black tactical jacket and helmet. Ready for anything! Except sand - she was not keen on sand at all. Very strange stuff the first time one sees it.
We rode along the bike paths between the huge sand dunes (really hills) and eventually found a beach. The Atlantic at this time of year is damn cold (and that is as warm as it gets). But there were a few hardy souls splashing around out there.
View from back yard of "Pears and Apples" B&B

1 comment:

Manu said...

Cool!!! Looks like you had a really great time in Holland :) and I can't imagine that Arianne doesn't like sand!!!!!!! Babies or shall I better say infants don't like sand? I didn't know that!! But she likes cats cool so she will be happy back in canada when she realizes that she is living together with one ;) cu soon :) Manu