I had myself a wonderful vacation both weather wise and surroundings wise. It was one of those vacations where time feels endless and everything is relaxing and calm. I feel like I've been away for months.
The island of Ameland was almost surprisingly beautiful. I don't know why I was so surprised, but the thing is that when people talked to me about it, it was usually as if of all the Dutch Wadden Sea Islands it was the least attractive (which is not the same as NOT attractive by the way). Well, I stand corrected, what an amazing place! I absolutely fell in love with it.
The day I went there was a very foggy dreary day and the forecast was that it would be that way all week. I'm not so scared of dreary weather, but I do like it to stay a little dry so I can at least go for long walks, so I was a tad bit worried.
Still, the fog made for some beautiful pictures before I even arrived.
These were taken in Holwerd, which is the place where the ferry to Ameland leaves.
I wasn't even on the island yet and things were beautiful already.
The forecasters were wrong by the way. It was not very warm, but I got so much sun that I now look like I went to a tropical island instead of the one I did go to. I actually got a little sunburned.
My appartment was very nice as well. It was in an appartment building very near the beach (about a 150 meters walk), which made it really easy to go for a little beach walk at night and watch the sunset, which I did several times.
The place had everything I could possibly need and was very comfortable. Especially that big couch. I wouldn't mind having one of those at home! I sat there a lot.
Of course going to this place I'd never been before I took my camera with me to every place I went and I took hundreds of pictures. So, as you might have expected, I will be giving little slide show of my favorite images in the coming three posts. Just think of it as my way of taking you with me.
Hope you will enjoy the trip and for now I wish you all a wonderful and artsy weekend!