We love exploring. We try not to spent the weekends within the 4 walls, and always search for destinations. Fortunately, in the Netherlands there is a lot to see. I spend a lot of time surfing in the internet.
The other day, I have bumped into this article:http://www.netherlandstourism.com/the-8-most-impressive-castles-in-the-netherlands/
All of them look gorgeous, right? :) We started with the first one right off. Of course by bike. :)
The route would be normally about 10 kms, but due to road closures, we had to cycle a couple of kms more. Anyway, there are quite a lot of road maintenances in the country recently, even for bike routes.
The castle was so beautiful, like in a Disney movie. It also had a big garden, but unfortunately it was rather in winter mood.
Inside the castle was a little cold. They could light up at least one of the many fireplaces. :D We walked up and down on narrow spiral staircases to reach all the rooms.
In one of the rooms visitors can put on medieval clothes. There are costumes for both adults, and kids. The souvenir shop offers many books, maps, ornaments, toys. Hot mint tea warmed us up at the cafe, that also located at the castle. The strawberry pie was absolutely delicious. :)
There are a lot of bridges in the Netherlands (about 1200 only in Amsterdam). That is not a surprise, since a lot of areas are covered with water. We have already passed opening bridges, but while cycling home, we saw a weird one. Instead of opening up, it turned 90 degrees to let the ship go through. It was interesting to watch, but really slow, and caused a little traffic jam.
All in all, this was a great adventure again. Don't worry, we have some other destinations in mind too, we never run out of ideas. :)
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