Dear Hivers,
Last wednesday I took a morning walk along the beach of the city Zandvoort in the Netherlands. I had just dropped my wife off at a business meeting (taxi!) and she would return home by train in the afternoon. I decided to do this as it was gonna be great weather that day.
Check out this sign near a kite zone!
I bet you can read the bottom sign as it is in English. Yes we Dutchies put English signs all over the Netherlands in public transport and airports etc. Sometimes even the Dutch is forgotten to add.
People I worked with from the USA complained that this way they never mastered any Dutch as all signs are in English and almost all people speak English.
Well you now know you can kite in Zandvoort in a dedicated area and no swimmers are allowed between the flags. By the way I did not see one kite surfer maybe because it was 09.00 AM
Have a great weekend
Goldrooster
Kite flying! I bet is so nice during summers... the wonderful and various color and design of kites soaring the skies!
I can imagine, can't I?
I would love to see you - california girl - do some kite-surfing at the Dutch coast. I can imagine too , can't I ?
What does this beach look like in the Summer @goldrooster are there many kites? Looks like this would be a windy spot. Interesting that many signs are also English is this upsetting to the Dutch population that they are not using their native language as much?
Actually the wind is better in spring and fall while in summer it is mostly gone. It is great to learn though here. Not for me, I tried windsurfing once but no talent!
I've never tried windsurfing, it sounds interesting @goldrooster, I probably don't have a talent for it either Lol!!😆