The "places of interest - accommodations along route" led us to the Golden Tulip. Unfortunately, the Golden Tulip was booked - a professional football team (soccer) was in town for training and was using most of the hotel as their temporary lodging for the week. The woman at the front desk, though, was happy to help us find another place to stay. We were directed to the Van der Valk Hotel Eindhoven - not quite the small guest house we had in mind! It did have a nice sized room with beds for 5 of us, and the air conditioning unit was eco friendly - it only operated when the room key was inserted!
Our first tourist destination in Eindhoven was the Eindhoven Open Air Museum located in Genneper Parken which was a reconstructed Iron Age village. The kids enjoyed paddling in a dug out canoe, making a clay amulet and bricks made of mud and straw. It was like the Jamestowne of Holland! Next up was a Van Gogh walking tour in the town of Nuenen where Vincent Van Gogh lived for 2 years and painted 200 pieces which constitute 25% of his work.
Holland is one of the happiest places to live - possibly due to much of the population working part time and getting so much exercise from riding bicycles everywhere!
0 Comments
|
Cindy BenedekSharing a little bit of science in our everyday world . Previous Posts
Email to Class Class Pics on Twitter Reliable Blogging Science of Hockey Prof's Boss Adjunct's Classroom Road Salt and Ice Blog Story - Science! Snow - Climate Change Flood in Ellicott City Reindeer, Moose, Musk-ox Oil, Gold, Power Midnight Sun APES Exam Squirrels Ecosphere-Photosynth/Resp Scientific Method/Vaccines Why I Blog View Meteor Shower Iron Age to Van Gogh - Native/Invasive species Forest to Spa Delaware to Germany/Grow Hedges Space-A Vacation/How Planes Fly Snake in my Yard Assasin Bugs/Japanese Beetles Fire Pit Venus Fly Trap Hummingbird Swallowtail Butterflies Classroom Technology Categories
All
Archives
March 2017
Blogs I Follow:
DNA Science Blog Endless Forms Most Beautiful Schlossini Voyage CrestFest Mom's Big Year |
Photos used under Creative Commons from Hampshire Museums, shawncampbell, jfingas