We just arrived home from a 3-day mini vacation in the Northern province of Friesland. This week the beautiful city of Lemmer was hosting a sailboat race, and we were lucky enough to have some local friends show us around! We feasted on home-made french fries, watched the sailing races from a boat on the bay, got a little seasick, lounged on the beach, drank Dutch beer, sang traditional folk songs, ate nougat from the carnival, and marveled at the beauty of the yachts.
Spectators watching the racesThere is so much more from our trip that I want to post, but it's late here and I'm sunburnt, tired, and wind-blown from the fierce winds of the Ijsselmeer.
Here are some photographs of the boat race in Lemmer yesterday afternoon. Each boat is marked with the symbol of the town it's racing from.
Lemmer
3 comments:
Oh my gosh, it is so beautiful there... I am so envious! :)
it is so beautiful there! How great that each boat has a symbol of its town!...home-made french fries are always the best. I'm glad you had a great time...eeek take care of that sunburn :( I'm sorry!!
Rest well :)
oh tell me, tell me, what do you think of the frieslanders? heard a lot about them and their entirely different culture over there. i have a frieslander friend and i enjoy his company a lot but there's a lot about them thats needed to be told hehe.
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