Netherlands 2012

We spent 9 days in the Netherlands, 3 in Amsterdam and 6 biking through the countryside along the canals and tulip fields, stopping each night at a hotel in a small city. In this gallery you'll see a selection of my photos as we toured about. See the Keukenhof slideshow (select Slideshows above) to see the amazing flower show at this world-famous gardens. Then there is a short gallery, titled Biking the Netherlands, that explains more about how we did this trip. Rainer

We came across this magnificent estate on our way to Otterlo. We toured the grounds which were open to the public.
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the back of the estate.
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Day 6, the last day of our trip, we biked to and through De Hogue Veluwe National Park and ended up in Arnhem. Here we're entering the park.
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It was mostly cold, windy, and drizzling as we made our way through the park. Here's a scene more like fall than spring.
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A conference facility inside the park.
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Scene from the park
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And another view of the park.
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Coming into Arnhem
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We had not seen a beautiful sunset until our stay in Otterlo.
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And with it came a beautiful double rainbow, a nice way to close our trip.
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