Cycling through the Eastern Provinces of The Netherlands

Melissa, Tom, and Jonathan

From Sunday, June 28 to Monday, July 6, 2009, Ian, Jonathan, and I along with my dad, Tom, toured the provinces of Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel, and Gelderland by bicycle. Averaging 50km (30miles) per day, we traveled 370km (222 miles) between the towns of Groningen and Nijmegen. For the first portion of the trip in Groningen and Drenthe, we cycled through picturesque towns, by tidy farms, alongside canals, and through mature forests. Sites included Hunebedden (megalithic tombs) and Kamp Westerbork, the transit camp for Dutch Jews in WWII. The second half of the week was spent cycling on the dikes beside the Ijssel River and passing by the once prosperous Hanseatic Towns.
Jonathan and Ian by a hunebed, a mysterious stone monument dating back some 50 centuries.