Or may be I should say, bike with Vincent.
Last time we stayed for work on the camper place in Oirschot (Netherlands) and had some time left to bike. We crossed the van Gogh bike road. But we had to go back to the van. I was too cold and my husband had to go back to work.
Meanwhile it is March. And we could combine working and a party in this area, with enough time to go back to the Vincent van Gogh bike-road.
We were lucky. It was the first real sunny day of this year.
The van can be parked at the carpool place Wolvendijk Eindhoven and we took our bikes to go on our little van Gogh tour.
We first passed the Van Gogh Roosegaarde bike-road. But you can only see this when it is dark.
So first to the Opwettense Water mill in Nuenen. Vincent has painted this place and we couldn't have picked a better day.
There is beautiful light, it is sunny and there are not too many people around.
From there we biked into the direction of the Vincentre in Nuenen http://www.vangoghvillagenuenen.nl/english.aspx
Some how we lost the signs but with the help of our phone we found the right direction.
In the Vincentre in Nuenen a warm welcome was waiting for us. They took all the time to inform us what we could see.
Vincent painted the potato eaters here, the church, the water mill and made many sketches of the people in the area.
Our bike ride was a very good introduction into the expo about Vincent and his life in Nuenen.
Passing the other Mill in Eindhoven we returned to the van. Having time to read a bit and eat dinner while we were waiting for the dark to come.
Yes you can hear all the cars around you very well but it was fine for us.
When it looked dark enough we picked up our bikes again and went back to the van Gogh / Roosegaarde bike road
http://www.vangoghvillagenuenen.nl/openairmuseum/van-gogh-roosegaarde-cycle-path-.aspx
What a wonderful place it was biking and walking over van Goghs starry night.
Filled with a lot of beautiful stories and images in our head, we returned to the van and drove to http://www.campercontact.com/nl/nederland/noord-brabant/riel/26706/camperplaats-koeienbedrijf-de-regte-heijden.aspxI love this eco farm and it is from there easy to bike to our party appointment the next day.
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