Monday, August 18, 2008

Day 66: Bike Ride in Hoge Veluwe

On Sunday I went on a bike ride in the National Park Hoge Veluwe. The park is situated near Arnhem in the east of the Netherlands, about 1.5 hours from Rotterdam. It is one of the largest parks in the Netherlands and has animals like deer and boars. Supposedly someone even saw a cougar there once... The Park is made up of heathland, sand drifts and forested areas. At the gates of the park were bikes that could be rented for free.
We stopped and had a picnic:
Some of the sand drifts:
An old hunting lodge:
The park was very beautiful:
It was quite a nice bike ride. Beautiful scenery and excllent biking companions. Supposedly we did close to 30km.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

"We stopped and had a picnic"

DO you really have to show off with the fact that you climbed into a tree? ;)

Victor said...

Natuurlijk!

Sarah said...

Hehe... I was just going to ask if you were really up a tree. I like to climb trees too! :D Really nice pictures. I can't believe this is the Netherlands, it looks so exotic.. I must go there sometime.

Birgitte said...

Great blog! It looks so nice there, I like the hunting lodge.
And so cool that you climbed into a tree, you have every right to show off with that! =)