Imagine yourself, biking through flat, green farmland, with windmills scattered along the canals. The sun is shining, the wind is blowing and you see cows, eating the grass in the fields. The smell of cow is real and sometimes a little strong. This is where I found myself in August of 2015, when my family and I were on a vacation in Europe. My dad really wanted to bike through Holland, so here we were, panniers on the back of our bikes, on day two of biking from The Hague to Utrecht, a distance of about seventy-five kilometers.
I woke up, feeling tired, not ready for the biking day ahead of us. I was feeling a little annoyed because the distance seemed so long. We discussed the possibility of taking the train with our bikes but my mom said we …show more content…
The weather was gorgeously sunny, but windy. The land was flat and we biked through a lot of green farmers’ fields, with cows blissfully enjoying their lunch of green grass. We also biked along canals and saw many people enjoying rides in their boats and swimming in the canals. There were neat, small brick houses that lined the canal with neat and tidy yards. The wind along the canals made it difficult and tiring to bike. Finally we saw the signs for Utrecht, the next city we were staying in. Unfortunately, just outside of the city, our GPS decided to stop showing us where we were on the map. We continued biking, and after a few wrong turns, found someone who directed us to our house. We had to ask a few more people along the way, but finally made it to the house. The house was very tidy and large; it had two televisions and two sets of very steep stairs. In the basement, there was a very tidy, cool kitchen that was very old and had a door out onto a patio. The man we rented the house from was very nice and had bought us all kinds of food which we really enjoyed after our long
I woke up, feeling tired, not ready for the biking day ahead of us. I was feeling a little annoyed because the distance seemed so long. We discussed the possibility of taking the train with our bikes but my mom said we …show more content…
The weather was gorgeously sunny, but windy. The land was flat and we biked through a lot of green farmers’ fields, with cows blissfully enjoying their lunch of green grass. We also biked along canals and saw many people enjoying rides in their boats and swimming in the canals. There were neat, small brick houses that lined the canal with neat and tidy yards. The wind along the canals made it difficult and tiring to bike. Finally we saw the signs for Utrecht, the next city we were staying in. Unfortunately, just outside of the city, our GPS decided to stop showing us where we were on the map. We continued biking, and after a few wrong turns, found someone who directed us to our house. We had to ask a few more people along the way, but finally made it to the house. The house was very tidy and large; it had two televisions and two sets of very steep stairs. In the basement, there was a very tidy, cool kitchen that was very old and had a door out onto a patio. The man we rented the house from was very nice and had bought us all kinds of food which we really enjoyed after our long