Friday, July 24, 2009

An Afternoon Jaunt

Yesterday afternoon one of our professors and his wife (both in their 70s, mind you) took us on a leisurely three hour bike ride that began in Amsterdam and let out into green fields of cattle and sheep. It was highly relaxing and pleasant. I swear these cows are an entirely different breed (actually, they probably are) - and they are way fatter than I'm used to. I'm kind of obsessed with Dutch farm animals, kind of like I was obsessed with Swiss and German farm animals. I will tell you that they do indeed look like the fabled "happy cows" that good cheese comes from. Here's a glimpse of the ride:

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