iventureout - Hiking in Norway

The Dutch learn an important lesson, generation after generation. The country has to be protected from the water. Primarily of course from the North Sea,

slow amsterdamUte KoninxApril 7, 2018Beach, silence and solitude

Almost alone with Suzanna

She does not speak, so it is a communication we lead in silence and almost solitude. She has just become aware that she is not alone, contrary to her expectations.

Silence and SolitudeUte KoninxMarch 7, 2018Mauritshuis, Rembrandt

Splendid Isolation

The new year seems well and truly underway again. The first month of the year has seen many a New Year’s resolution come and go

slow amsterdamUte KoninxFebruary 7, 2018new year, health, happiness

Let it snow

Snow is a rare occurrence in the low country and when it happens it is most likely a one-day wonder. All the more reason for heading out

slow amsterdamUte KoninxJanuary 7, 2018snow, westerpark

Amazed in Sloterpark

Labyrinths are fascinating contraptions in the literal sense of the word. The origin of both words is obscure. ‘Contraption’ is perhaps related to contrive

slow amsterdamUte KoninxDecember 7, 2017labyrinth, sloterpark, silence and solitude

The sky is the limit in this flat country

It was a somewhat grey day, and I had just reached Amsterdam’s city limits to the North, cycling quietly under a big sky, stretching to the horizon.

slow amsterdamUte KoninxNovember 7, 2017cycling, dutch golden age, painters, sky

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