Annecy
Avoiding the Tour de France The hardest part of posting about our idyllic, too short, two night stay in Annecy is picking the photos! We stumbled on Annecy quite by accident just picking what looked like a nice place on the map (how did we ever travel before Google?) and booking what looked like a good bikable…
Winsum and the Lauwersmeer Dike
A Tiny House north of Groningen The heatwave drove people from Amsterdam in a huge flood to the northern parts of the Netherlands and it seemed that every place was booked. At the last minute a tiny house popped up north of Groningen and we were delighted to find it! On our way north we…
Groningen Revisited
Local knowledge wins There’s nothing like local knowledge. Our favorite area around Groningen is the area south of the bustling town center near the beautiful Lake Paterswoldsemeer. On our first visit we were charmed by the lovely classic houses with thatched roofs in private gardens in the smaller town of Haren. We were thrilled to…