Our First Adventure

We had our first free afternoon on Sunday, so decided to take advantage of the time off and go exploring. We borrowed bikes from the conference center and took off to see the surrounding sites. Dalfsen is about an 1 1/2 hour drive East from Amsterdam. The town has a population of 26,000 and is mostly made up of pastures and fields. As you read in the fun facts, there are miles and miles of bike paths all through the country, so we decided to check them out. We had a wonderful time riding through the gorgeous countryside. We passed by many cows, horses, pigs, and sheep. We rode by miles and miles of corn fields. This is the rainy season in the Netherlands, so everything is very green and lovely. There are beautiful wild flowers everywhere and all the homes have splendid gardens. Isn't the pink flower shown above gorgeous? We passed by several windmills (yes, they really are everywhere!) and they are breathtaking. We finally reached another small village called Ommen. We very much enjoyed exploring the "downtown" and enjoyed a wonderful coffee or "koffie" at a local cafe. As you can see from the photo above, with koffie came with wonderful trimmings... whole cream, sugar crystals, fresh whipped cream, cookies and even gumdrops. What a wonderful afternoon.