Bike Ride

Today I took my bike out for a bike ride, together with my hubby. The sun was shining, and I was inspired! It amazes me what a little bit of sunshine does for good spirits. The gloomy weather has kept me in a funk for sure.

This area is filled with so called Rustpunten, or Restingplaces, where you can park your bike, have a cup of coffee or tea and admire someones garden. We stopped at Theetuin "ons joppe". This particular Rustpunt also had a tiny little store, not much more than a shed actually, which sold all kinds of odds and ends. And the garden was simply gorgeous. My pictures of it have disappeared, much to my dismay. But we did take home some plants.

After wandering around the garden we biked on to a new project that a friend of ours is working on. A vineyard, no less!! Landgoed Morren (Took a picture of that little castle as well, and it too disappeared)
Ended up our trip with a cup of coffee accompanied by the men at the next table loudly gossiping about everyone that they knew in the neighborhood. Oh, the village life......

32 kilometers later, we came home. It was a good day!

Birthday

I turned forty this week, and these bicycle bags were my absolute favorite present. This picture was taken with my other present, my little red olympus, with which I hope to record more pretty pictures to post on this blog. These bicycle bags  are actually picnic bags. They have four wine glasses, plates and cutlery on one side and a freezer bag on the other side. Wonderful for taking spontaneous bike rides with a drink and a bite or two! My sister bought them for me in the hopes that they would help motivate me to do fun things. I hope to do so....