Thursday, May 28, 2009

Keukenhoff (nicest spring garden of the world, according to the Dutch), Haarlem and the Dutch beach...Zandpoort

FIN D'UNE LONGUE JOURNEE AUX PAYS BAS...
AWWWWWWWWWWWW

LOOK AT ME...VENUS COMING OUT FROM THE WATER (better than Botticelli...)


NO I AM NOT AFRAID...HAAaaaa





THE REAL HAARLEM




















THE KEUKENHOFF












LOOK MA, A WIND MILL !!!!!!








GUESS WHAT IT IS ? I SPEND TWO HOURS ON IT...








AND ONE MIDGET...











BEAU












TRES BEAUX













FANTASTIQUE














INCROYABLE...















I STOLE 10 OF THEM TO BRING BACK HOME...

















SPECIAL EFFECT FOR MOM
















WITHOUT THEM I WOULD NOT BE HERE. I MEAN IN THE GARDEN...THANKS


















I ASKED, IT DOES NOT GROW IN THE DESERT...








































THE ROAD TO PARADISE





















WHITE IS FOR FRIENDSHIP, PURPLE DEATH SO A BIT OF RED FOR LOVE...






















NO COMMENT










































































AS USUAL IT WAS RAINING...


























A TREE AMONG THE FLOWERS





















































































A FLOWER AMONG THE FLOWERS, BUT A FLOWER THAT IS STILL BEAUTIFUL AFTER THE END OF SPRING



























































































I LOVE THIS COMBINATION




































































Sunday, May 24, 2009

Queens Day in NL!








Back to the Netherlands! Arnhem with Anja


Then the married couple to be but now husband and wife!

Emil is BBQing hamburgers that i made



How one crosses a bridge by bike in NL



Self service milk machine on the farm, so cool!

One of the many dikes

Anja not so happy that I asked her go on a long bike ride on a windy day and capture her feeling on camera!

Typical dutch - cows on the Rhine

WWII memorial

That is a baby picture of Pim, Anja's boyfriend on the apron, hehe!

Long over due for some sun! At the Park in Arnhem

Around Chateau Chalon


One of the best areas for Vin Jaune!



Day after the wedding


Remy and Annebelle make their own Cremant and Macvin as they have a vineyard at their house. We tasted a bit before the wedding brunch. Amazing!

The experts giving the grade :)

One of the wine makers carefully sampling his new batch of macvin

Wedding cake entrance

View from the hotel where the reception was

Annebelle and Remy's Wedding


The reception party

How the french do weddings - at the municipality
Some couples also get married after this again at the church

The "just married car"


The beautiful newly weds!