Whit Sunday 4 June & Whit Monday, 5 June 2017
Beautiful 'cycle weather' this looong weekend.
On Saturday, our focus was on grocery shopping, although we did use our bikes to go into Leiden town to buy our favourite French baquettes at Mamie Gourmande.
However, Sunday we made a tour of about 40 kilometer in Middden Delfland, which was really super. I made several pictures, which I wanna share as Holland can be lovely, especially in spring.
map of the Midden Delfland
crossing the new part of the highway A4
lovely flowers inside and along the waterside
Maassluis
drinking tea at Grandcafe 't Hoofd at Maassluis: enjoying the sun and watching the boats
very 'Dutch views'
scenic Maasland
'beer stop' at Het Raadhuis in Schipluiden. They make their own beer here, which tasted yummie. We asked to buy some bottles for taking home, but unfortunately that wasn't possible.
We loved the beer 'Zonnetje'; a light summer beer.
'boarding' in Delft, where we started our cycle tour.
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Whit Monday, 5 June we visited De Haar castle and gardens at Haarzuilens.
After parking our car at the parking lot, we took our bikes and made a tour in the neighbourhood before returning to the castle where we booked a special tour at 15 hours.
the outside of the castle, our starting point for this cycle tour
Vleuten, where we had a 'tea stop'
back at the castle
awesome gardens
the Main Hall
the special guided tour we booked showed us the guest bedrooms and views of the garden
the dining room
Luca della Robbia
art in the Ball room
hairdresser's: the hosts gave the visiting guests the opportunity to have their hair washed
the kitchen of the castle
mirroring effect
drinks to conclude our visit, with a view on the castle
It was a lovely loooong weekend.
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