Between Halloween and Haarlem

I didn't know that Halloween is still that big. Well, not over the last years in Germany but this year, the part of the town where I live here did it big! The houses were decorated in the best Halloween style and the kids were all dressed up. (Well, lets forget about the 16 - 18 year old guys who wanted to sell me that they are still 12 years old...)

In our part of the town Halloween was that super duper cool, that even one princes aka one child of the king Willem-Alexander went here to celebrate it with other kids. Strange world. And yes, it needed to be said.

My hostmother organized it in our "buurt" so we even had GLÜHWEIN, yummy!

Limonade

Dressed up as fries. What the heeeeell?! No doubt, we are in The Netherlands.

That was our entrance. We did our best...

On a nice first November weekend we decided to use this awesome weather to do a bike tour. Actually we wanted to go to the beach in Noordwijk, as we haven't been there yet, but then the sign said it's just 13 km more to Haarlem. So we were like "Uhm... 13 kilometer aren't that much compared to what we already cycled today." So we spontaneously changed our plans and cycled further to Haarlem.

And to warn you: NEVER TRUST THOSE KM-SIGNS! They lie. And it hasn't been 13 km. Maybe 20 or even more.

 

KEUKENHOF! Tulips! Such a tourist place! Near by Lisse, you can cycle there from Den Haag or Haarlem. It's quite in the middle and a must see in spring.

And then, we have been in Noord-Holland. Goodbye The Hague, Goodbye Zuid-Holland. Just skipped provincies!

Haarlem! You might know, I have a "special" connection to this city. Almost my city where I would spend a year. Almost.

That is Haarlem. Wonderful old dutch city (like almost every city is here...).
And if you like to do a bike tour and LOVE to cycle 50 km one way, you might have fun to cycle there from The Hague or wherever.
Yes, we found out that our 32 km were a bit more. About 50 km to be honest. And yes, I believe that as the way back was sooooooo long and cycling for 3 hours seemed so endless.

Leiden & Delft

As we had so much free time, we decided to spent our days off with biketrips to nearby cities. These nearby cities (reachable within an hour cycling, about 20 km) were Delft and Leiden. Both are very beautiful and amazing typical dutch cities which you have to see when you are in The Netherlands.
Have a look by yourself: 

Delft!

So far, so good! Attention: A picture spam is coming!

What I can say so far: I survived the flight. Somehow I managed to end up in row 12 instead of 11 dus the stewardess forogt me while the catering was on. She was checking their list of "Smart-price-bookers" and I didn't got a drink nor a sandwich so I was like "Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, but my price had it included..." and that was the moment I realized I was sitting wrong. Well, I still had a bottle of water and a snickers so I didn't mind. What I mind is that that little guy, who was sitting on my seat then, he changed his seat next to the hallway to my window seat as it was empty, got my drink and he didn't say a thing. Helloooooooo? I payed for it you fucking asshole.

Plus, Germanwings should teach their employees a bit better. A bit more motivation and not forgetting any guests while service time!