Category: Europe

  • Avignon and Provence Bike Tour

    After the Tulip Bike Tour, the next leg of the trip was Avignon, France where we would embark on a bike tour of Provence. To get there we made the first use of our Eurail pass. This was a long day of trains that began at 10am in Alkmaar, Netherlands and finished at 10pm in…

  • Tulip Bike Tour in Noord-Holland

    This is something Nancy has always wanted to do – see the tulips in Holland. Of all the time we / she have spent in the Netherlands, it has never been during tulip season (April to mid-May). The bike tour routed us through the tulip fields and past a few tulip gardens via a 180km…

  • King’s Day in Amsterdam

    King’s Day (Koningdag) is a national holiday celebrated annually in the Netherlands on April 27th. This holiday celebrates the birth of King Willem-Alexander, the current monarch. Although it is celebrated throughout the country, Amsterdam takes the celebration to its highest level.