An Italian Family in Dutch Wonderland : Bikes and Van Gogh

I've determined that the weather forecasts aren't just wrong in America! Today was a 70% chance of rain in Nijmegen. We woke up and the sun was shining away! We took advantage of this and I found a place on the internet that looked worthy of a day trip - The Hoge Veluwe National Park is only about a 1/2 hr away from our apartment and several travel blogs had it listed as a "must do." http://www.hogeveluwe.nl/en/14 The plus was that Kayla has been asking to go biking and this park has almost 2,000 free bikes sitting by their entrances and throughout the park. We arrived about 12 pm and immediately hopped on some bikes. Kayla rode on her own kid sized bike and Bill and I took turns with Roman in the child seat behind us. He liked going with Daddy much more than Mommy. Being the biker, Daddy goes much quicker than Momma does. The park was full of marshlands, forests, sand dunes, and lakes scattered with lily pads. We opted to ride along a 10 K loop (there are bike paths all over this huge park) and eventually came to Kroller-Muller Museum. The Kroller-Muller Museum is an art museum that houses paintings from some of the greatest painters ever - including Van Gogh and Picasso. There was also a massive garden containing quite a few sculptures. Kayla was in her glory at another art museum. I think it's safe to assume that we'll be going to the Philly Art Museum in the near future when we return home to PA. Here's a few pictures from our great day outdoors!

Pit stop by the lake 