The Sahara of The North

One of the highlights of our visit to Vlieland was the hike across de Vliehors, a 20 square kilometer sized  dune area on the west side of the island.  Usually this dutch piece of desert, also know as he Sahara of the North, is only accessible in the weekend because it...

Hoge Veluwe # 2 / Dutch Africa

If I hadn’t told you about De Hoge Veluwe yesterday I bet you would have thought these images were taken in Africa. But no, it’s The Netherlands again. Only 2 kilometers from the place that we showed you yesterday it is a totally different scene. Sand, dunes...

Sunset daydream

Like I wrote before: every now and then it’s worthwhile to check out the beauty of your own country. So last weekend we visited Terschelling, one out of 5 island off the north coast of The Netherlands. (If you keep forgetting their names remember this: TVTAS – Texel,...

Close to home

You don’t need to go far to see beautiful things. I totally agree. And that’s why we try and visit some amazing spots close to home every now and then. One is definitely the dune area that surrounds Duin en Kruidberg, a country estate turned into hotel surrounded by...