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 Best watched on YouTube app on your TV, tablet or PC Best country in the world for drivers.     https://youtu.be/d8RRE2rDw4k   2nd link, comparing driving infrastructure in US/Canada vs Netherlands. https://youtu.be/uxykI30fS54  

 An old friend, Donnie Wood, found a message in a bottle, on Abaco on his beach facing the Atlantic. The bottle had a note and a dollar bill inside.  Also an email contact in Germany.  The note was in German and English and dated from 2012, ten years ago. The note was fragile and a bit tattered, but legible.  It noted the release point and an email address.  Don asked me to contact them, as he doesn't 'do' email. Some more flotsam from Donnie's beach, near Bahama Palm shores. More flotsam and jetsam from the same beach which faces the Atlantic ocean. I contacted the bottle tosser and they were on a sea cruise out of Barcelona and had dumped the bottle 10 years previously. They were delighted that their bottle had been found. Apparently it is entertainment activity on that cruise  line

 

  See the video https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTdoBcSC4/?k=1 Swipe left to see some of his other videos. Yes, they are still made and worn here, particularly by farmers in the mud and gardeners. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTdoBTfbb/?k=1 https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTdoBsChV/?k=1 They look like geraniums to me

 C'mon DM.......the word is spelled 'ALTAR', not alter. Link to article. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10937601/Volunteer-archaeologists-discover-ancient-Roman-temple-Netherlands.html

 

 I don't usually post negative, but......???  too many tourists....a couple of Pommie shielas found it  dirty and expensive.  The pommies can be real 'whingers' https://youtu.be/t-5k5lzlfm0 'Jamin'.....great candy store, with soft chocolate dipped ice cream cones. Best place for pick your own liquorice in the Netherlands. All liquorice......

 Here is link to article https://turningdutch.com/2021/06/23/dru-industriepark-in-the-achterhoek/ A really cool place.. the old ironworks buildings have been saved and used for many community activities and exhibitions. A short 10 km bike ride, from us. There is a lot more information and links online, if interested. https://turningdutch.com/2021/06/23/dru-industriepark-in-the-achterhoek/

  Link to original article https://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2022/06/whats-all-the-fuss-about-nitrogen-in-the-netherlands/

  Here you can find upcoming tours with a guide, by appointment. https://www.heygo.com/locations/arnhem .   I'm becoming more of an ' armchair' traveller in my senior years.   Titbits If you are interested in taking other guided tours see countries and lists here  https://www.heygo.com/locations

  Here's a little video.    https://fb.watch/bVoPhEzd5V/ Secret...........With tulips in your cargo bike basket you can create beautiful photos anywhere in NL.

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 This idea has been kicked around in the Netherlands to keep valuable agricultural land from being used solely as a 'solar farm'.  It has many benefits and there are a lot of suitable water areas that could be utilised. Link to article.

 This video was shot in the big city of Utrecht, where the bicycle and auto traffic is very heavy.   Here is the video link https://youtu.be/TemAwgUrWJc .  Cycling on a protected intersection.  Link https://youtu.be/VOpyC5XTTuw .  Read the comments.  The author has been campaigning for safer cycling for many years and thanks to his efforts cycling is much safer now. In the Netherlands cycling is given priority over vehicular traffic in the cities and native Dutch are on bikes as soon as they can walk. Very strict and heavy fines for illegal motor traffic. The bicycle has priority over motorised traffic. Roundabouts are easier to navigate, but they take up a lot of room and not feasible as a retrofit for inner city areas with old narrow streets. So, they engineered safer intersection crossings.

  https://www.bigglobaltravel.com/attractions/photos-australia-land-fb/ .  Hit the link