Skating around the Netherlands

This is a picture of me and our tourguide Allan Wright posing in the Dutch countryside.

Allegedly, cows didn't really care if you were a pedestrian or a cyclist, but they liked to stare at you if you were on skates. I found that to be amusing.

Though I am calmly walking over this obstacle, I had a wicked encounter with the first one I found. I was not looking when I met it, going too fast to stop and too slowly to jump it. I discovered the value of wristguards that day. The woman to my left was a member of the tour. Her husband took the picture.

I am skating through a typical Frisian town. That is the Frisian flag emblazoned on my shirt. I thought this scene was neat because of the shutters on the house behind me.

I'm chasing sheep.

This was the flower auction in Alsmeer. Flowers sold around the world are distributed here. I was awed by the size of this warehouse. Remember the final scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark with all those crates? This looked like that.

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