Winter Collection 2012 Netherlands

Better late than never they say. When almost all of us thought no more snows or no more negative temperatures, the snow and cold came! It's not bad though, more fast calories burning, refreshed feeling, cleaned grounds, etcetera, etcetera! For me, taking photos on this rare weather condition is always a pleasure!

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Rijswijk Christmas Nature in Netherlands 2010

We had our guests a couple and 3 kids during the Christmas holiday. They're from another country... in a city where Mercedez Benz was born (guessing time). During Christmas, we had to show them around, especially the kids because they are here with us only for a few days. As we were walking to get the tram to someplace around, we passed by this park near where we live... but along the way, there were fun sighting too. See them below.

It was Christmas Day and the snow was thick but the sun was shining.
It was a lovely day. This is a close shot of the nest seen at the top
of the tree in the next photo.

See the nest up there?

We had also fun watching at this resting (or sleeping?) bird at the top of the street light!

Lucky ducks, they have a portion of the little lake left not frozen where they can swim and dive and look for their food...

Here's Rudolf being fed... he was tired from last night's service...:)

More food for Rudolf...

Foodfoodfood.... and it was later we realized it's not allowed to feed them!

The Hague Scheveningen Winter 2010, Netherlands

We had an entire family as a guest during Christmas and it was not simple to find something open at Christmas day and have some entertainment for the guests at the same time. Below was our adventure in snowy ground and when we reached the centrum area, it snowed further! Before that, we were at the park near the apartment. That was the Nature Encounter in Rijswijk, where the kids highly enjoyed as well. We showed them the center area of the Hague, where it looks deserted because it was Christmas and establishments were closed. We ended up in the beach area, in Scheveningen. We ate dinner there and went back home. We had the second dinner at home again.:)

Greeting you all a Merry Christmas,first and foremost... then we can proceed.

Our 3 little mountain climbers are on their way to the top... all3!

And they are the winners!

The city center, near the city hall, the library and the theater, it really looked dead and abandoned that day...

Let's give the word"beach" another meaning....all covered with snow and hardened snow (ice)...

The shoreline was all white...not with sand but with solid water from the sphere up there...

Yet, no one can stop these 3 from having fun... snowy beach or cold weather! Oh kids!

Of course, we passed by the recreation center... i joined the fun!

Leaving the place to go home, we had our first dinner already, time for the second!

Amsterdam Saturday: Museums, Canal Cruise, Citylife

Yeah, the butt of Europe it is! I have been to this city for like 3 times but never had the chance to look around and enjoy and so here we are! So how was it? It was busy and full of tourist and we were lucky to have the kind of weather that enveloped the city that day.


































While leaving the rijksmuseum...

At I Amsterdam...




Just before entering the Van Gogh museum...

At the dam???