Tag: Netherlands

Amsterdam and tulips

A perfect weekend to visit!

The tulips are in full bloom in Holland!    For my “hike” this weekend, Pam and I joined our friend Jen for a weekend in Amsterdam. (It’s only four hours from London via train!)  Jen kindly arranged a bike rental in Lisse, a small village south of Amsterdam surrounded by vast fields of tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths – all in full bloom – where the air was sweet with the scent from hundreds of thousands of flowers.  We spent a lovely few hours riding the bike paths – the Netherlands are heaven for bikers, because nearly every street and road has an adjacent bike path, with dedicated signage. 

Vast fields of tulips, hyacinth, daffodils, and other flowers – outside Amsterdam.
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Delft, in The Netherlands

I enjoyed a couple of quick days in the historic district of Delft, The Netherlands, while attending the SafeThings workshop in advance of SenSys 2017.  Although it rained on and off, the picturesque streets and canals were a delight to explore.  I also ducked into the Old Church and New Church (both hundreds of years old), for a peek at their excellent exhibits.  I stayed in Hotel Johannes Vermeer, named after the famous painter, so I was especially interested in those exhibits.   Beautiful town!  See the photos; the one below is from my hotel room (which was a 4th-floor attic!).

The spire of Nieuwe Kerk, behind another church, as viewed from my hotel room in Delft.