Really get the feeling of living life 'the way it was'.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
5 day visit to Amsterdam
For friends who come visit we are forever grateful!
Things we did:
- Hoped for good weather and got it! Something to be so thankful for! (ps, it's raining today!)
- Biking-hop on your bike and explore any chance you get, this is THE most fun!
- Zuiderzee Museum-what a great surprise, so much learning and SOOO fun for kids! Make your clog boat, eat candy, play old fashioned games, see old fashioned knickers drying in the breeze
- Efteling- go early, go off season and get ready to have fun! Definitely just a classic amusement park.
- Anne Frank- get the kids program and buy tickets online first.
Things we missed but will do next time:
- Van Gogh Museum
- Schoorl and Bergen aan Zee for dunes, beaches, aquarium and restaurants, mtn biking if you have one...
- Rembrandt's House
- Fun Forest: rope courses through the trees by age group with secret forts along the way
- Madurodam
- Bike to a pancake house
- Canal tour
- Arnhem Park- white bikes and animal hunt for kids
- Amsterdamse Bos (the forest)- ride bikes to goat animal farms, have more pancakes, rent canoes, see a concert...
Monday, October 5, 2009
How Can I Help Our Netherlands' Town Start to Recycle Plastic?
Tuesday 07 April 2009
Amsterdam city council is refusing to cooperate with government plans to collect plastic waste separately, the Parool reported on Monday afternoon.
Environment minister Jacqueline Cramer wants to introduce separate plastics collection from January 1, 2010. But Amsterdam says it plans to continue incinerating plastic waste because that is better for the environment.
The city council will present a report on the environmental effect of separating plastic waste later this year, the paper says.
In addition, the city council says that experiments in smaller local authority areas show few people are actually prepared to separate their waste.
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/04/amsterdam_wont_separate_plasti.php
Friday, October 2, 2009
Dad's New Toy!
Alex is keeping himself busy in the evenings with his new beverage device! Nice marketing, Grolsch! :-)
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