My OperaGoing by bike to work part II of II
Saturday, May 15, 2010 3:38:00 PM
After I completed part I of the project "Bike swap", I had a full days work at the office. But at the end of the day I prepared myself for the completion of part II of project "Bike swap" :-)
This time I did not had to go on the bike I normally use in town, but on the bike I bought just the day before. That bike is in a very good state and I decided to go on another route than the route that morning; I already had seen that :-). So at around 17:15 I started in a westerly direction from Nieuw-Vennep and soon was biking alongside flowerbeds. This part of Holland is famous of its flower cultivation and you could really smell all the different flowers! Sometimes very overwhelming!
After the flower indulgement I went even more to the west and entered the dunes of Noordwijk aan Zee. At the first part of this dune section, I cycled through some pine woods. The pine woods itself also have a distinct smell, so I indulged myself also in this nose tickling experience on the bike. Some kilometers further I really entered the dune section and once again the smell altered... this time I could smell the sea and the dunes itself. I made me remember of my childhood when I went to the beach with my big brother and my parents :-)
Soon after it, I entered Noordwijk and cycled over the Boulevard to the south. At the south of Noordwijk I entered again a new section of the dunes, where the little shells of the sea form the bike path.
Even more to the south I entered Katwijk aan Zee; this town looks like Noordwijk aan Zee, but it has some kind of dam in the north. Near this dam, the water has a standstill I think, because you could smell some death fish there... That was the sign for me to go more quickly... After having completed the boulevard of Katwijk aan Zee, once again in the south I entered the dunes. The smell of the sea and the dunes struck me again and I got renewed energy to continue to Wassenaar. Near Wassenaar I left the dunes to the housing area of Wassenaar... well, that housing area of Wassenaar is something extraordinary! In that neighbourhood, some of the most expensive houses are built! It was such a amazing view those houses... some day... Even in Google Maps, a part of this road is unavailable to respect the privacy of the people who live there. The part in the south is available though :-). Continuing on more to the south I finally got near the N14 and close to my appartment.
The way back was a totally different experience than the way I took that morning. Both ways made me realize that Holland is a very diverse country and has some beautiful nature really close by urban areas. And maybe I will do this more often, although it took me 2 hours in the morning and 2 1/2 hours in the afternoon to complete project "Bike-swap". In total it was about 95 kilometers on bike :-)
Here are some of the things I saw during the way back:
This time I did not had to go on the bike I normally use in town, but on the bike I bought just the day before. That bike is in a very good state and I decided to go on another route than the route that morning; I already had seen that :-). So at around 17:15 I started in a westerly direction from Nieuw-Vennep and soon was biking alongside flowerbeds. This part of Holland is famous of its flower cultivation and you could really smell all the different flowers! Sometimes very overwhelming!
After the flower indulgement I went even more to the west and entered the dunes of Noordwijk aan Zee. At the first part of this dune section, I cycled through some pine woods. The pine woods itself also have a distinct smell, so I indulged myself also in this nose tickling experience on the bike. Some kilometers further I really entered the dune section and once again the smell altered... this time I could smell the sea and the dunes itself. I made me remember of my childhood when I went to the beach with my big brother and my parents :-)
Soon after it, I entered Noordwijk and cycled over the Boulevard to the south. At the south of Noordwijk I entered again a new section of the dunes, where the little shells of the sea form the bike path.
Even more to the south I entered Katwijk aan Zee; this town looks like Noordwijk aan Zee, but it has some kind of dam in the north. Near this dam, the water has a standstill I think, because you could smell some death fish there... That was the sign for me to go more quickly... After having completed the boulevard of Katwijk aan Zee, once again in the south I entered the dunes. The smell of the sea and the dunes struck me again and I got renewed energy to continue to Wassenaar. Near Wassenaar I left the dunes to the housing area of Wassenaar... well, that housing area of Wassenaar is something extraordinary! In that neighbourhood, some of the most expensive houses are built! It was such a amazing view those houses... some day... Even in Google Maps, a part of this road is unavailable to respect the privacy of the people who live there. The part in the south is available though :-). Continuing on more to the south I finally got near the N14 and close to my appartment.
The way back was a totally different experience than the way I took that morning. Both ways made me realize that Holland is a very diverse country and has some beautiful nature really close by urban areas. And maybe I will do this more often, although it took me 2 hours in the morning and 2 1/2 hours in the afternoon to complete project "Bike-swap". In total it was about 95 kilometers on bike :-)
Here are some of the things I saw during the way back:
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