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misscamI am returned from the Netherlands.
And obviously, I have quite a bit to catch up on - missed episodes,girlsavesboyfic stories, Cataclysm relase date (!), fandom happenings and yes, real life. Damn that real life thing. (And thanks to whoever pointed me to and started a love thread for me at the anon love meme. Very kind of you, anon!)
Meanwhile, here are a few pictures from the trip, including Den Haag, giant clogs, many pretty houses, windmills, dikes, headless statues, sleeping cats and the proper way to serve hot cocoa with whipped cream.
A courtyard in Den Haag.
The Dutch Parliament in Den Haag.
Amsterdam houses along a canal.
The characteristic pulleys used to get cargo up in the old days and furniture in the new.
How they serve you hot cocoa with whipped cream in the Netherlands. I approve. It means not all the cream will melt right away and you can tip it in as you want. WHY ARE YOU NOT DOING THIS REST OF THE WORLD?!
A working windmill in Sloten near Amsterdam. We got a tour of it and it's truly awesome.
The actual Archimedes' screw they used in the windmill to lift water until they replaced it with a non-wood one. Archimedes knew his stuff, I'm telling you. (Mum and Marius posing. We all geeked out about this screw.)
Windmills and Dutch landscape.
Me, Marius and Irene (Marius's significant other) posing in a giant clog in front of the clog museum. As you do.
Rollerskate and skate clogs. Clogs in Dutch are called klumpen, a source of endless amusement as that word means lump in Norwegian.
Marius posing with clogs, Irene looking slightly less amused. (Probably at our endless klumpen-jokes.)
Europe's largest dike, which meant Amsterdam was no longer quite by the sea, but instead is connected to the Atlantic via a lake and a canal.
Marius and Irene at the dike. (It was very, very windy.)
A headless statue. As you do.
Mum and I have rented bikes to see Amsterdam as the Dutch do - recklessly on a bike seat.
The palace is open again! Except it wasn't, as it turned out.
Rembrandthouse.
A sleeping cat in an Amsterdam window.
I had lots of fun, yes. And how are you all?
And obviously, I have quite a bit to catch up on - missed episodes,
girlsavesboyfic stories, Cataclysm relase date (!), fandom happenings and yes, real life. Damn that real life thing. (And thanks to whoever pointed me to and started a love thread for me at the anon love meme. Very kind of you, anon!)Meanwhile, here are a few pictures from the trip, including Den Haag, giant clogs, many pretty houses, windmills, dikes, headless statues, sleeping cats and the proper way to serve hot cocoa with whipped cream.
A courtyard in Den Haag.
The Dutch Parliament in Den Haag.
Amsterdam houses along a canal.
The characteristic pulleys used to get cargo up in the old days and furniture in the new.
How they serve you hot cocoa with whipped cream in the Netherlands. I approve. It means not all the cream will melt right away and you can tip it in as you want. WHY ARE YOU NOT DOING THIS REST OF THE WORLD?!
A working windmill in Sloten near Amsterdam. We got a tour of it and it's truly awesome.
The actual Archimedes' screw they used in the windmill to lift water until they replaced it with a non-wood one. Archimedes knew his stuff, I'm telling you. (Mum and Marius posing. We all geeked out about this screw.)
Windmills and Dutch landscape.
Me, Marius and Irene (Marius's significant other) posing in a giant clog in front of the clog museum. As you do.
Rollerskate and skate clogs. Clogs in Dutch are called klumpen, a source of endless amusement as that word means lump in Norwegian.
Marius posing with clogs, Irene looking slightly less amused. (Probably at our endless klumpen-jokes.)
Europe's largest dike, which meant Amsterdam was no longer quite by the sea, but instead is connected to the Atlantic via a lake and a canal.
Marius and Irene at the dike. (It was very, very windy.)
A headless statue. As you do.
Mum and I have rented bikes to see Amsterdam as the Dutch do - recklessly on a bike seat.
The palace is open again! Except it wasn't, as it turned out.
Rembrandthouse.
A sleeping cat in an Amsterdam window.
I had lots of fun, yes. And how are you all?
