The one with the trainride

A little while ago I travelled from Leeuwarden to Utrecht by train with my friend R. It's about a two hour travel, and to pass time I snapped some shots. These are taken from inside the train with my mobile phone, so the quality is not all that. The landscape looks pretty awesome though, I sometimes forget that we live in a beautiful country! 

When trains ride according to their schedule, and it's not rush hour, travelling by train is one of my favourite means of transportation. Not having to watch the road, listening to some music, reading a book, and being able to do some people watching is one of the things I like most about it. Do you travel by train often? Or do you prefer to go places by car?

The one were I didn't get to go to Amsterdam

The two vikings in the first picture watch out over the trainstation in Arnhem, where I met up with my girls for a high tea. After many cups of tea and lots (and lots) of yummy treats, the plan was to travel to Amsterdam by train. The Dutch Railways were having some hiccups, so that was a mission impossible. I got stranded at trainstation Ede-Wageningen, where I came across a cool dude with his lollipop. After one and a half hour of  patiently waiting, I gave up any hope that a train was going to get me to Amsterdam any time soon, and decided the best plan might be to go back home again.

The one with the trip to Groningen

Yesterday I went to Groningen with my mom, our destination was the Groninger Museum. I forgot the duration of the trip: 2,5 to get there and 2,5 to get back home. I was very happy with my fully charged iPod and a good book. Before visiting the museum, we took a little walk around the city and were very pleased to find a flea market at the town square. I found some great things, but unfortunately, the prices weren't very flea market-y, so they stayed in Groningen. 

At the museum is currently an exhibition named Nordic Art, which is an overview of 19th and 20th century paintings from Northern Europe. My favourites were the paintings by Albert Edelfelt and Vilhelm Hammershoi. Besides this exhibition, the Museum has it's own collection, consisting of photography by Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn and duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Next up at the museum, from the end of may on, will be an exhibition co-curated by Ai Weiwei. I hope the time it takes to get to the museum will be forgotten soon, so I want to go there again for this upcoming exhibition. 

to the left

the Groninger Museum

Nordic Art

Bono, photographed by Anton Corbijn

what we found at the flea market

at the train station, before our long, long journey back home