Our first destination was the National Park De Hoge Veluwe, near Arnhem. The park was formerly the royal hunting grounds, but the only deer we saw were in pens. There is a wonderful free bike program, so we were able to tour through the forest on bikes. The park also hosts the Kröller-Müller Museum, a beautiful fine art museum with a large collection of Van Gogh and other European masters. Outside the museum is an immense sculpture park with over 100 sculptures, including this floating piece:
This piece, made of cable and aluminum, seems to defy physics- it looks like it should blow over or fall to pieces:
The view from underneath is pretty cool:
We could have spent the entire day in the park, but we wanted to stock up on 'supplies,' so we headed to our favorite border rest-stop: the Bier Paradijs. Just over the Belgian border, the Bier Paradijs is an awesome warehouse full of Belgian beer at (relatively) cheap prices (it's still in Euro, after all). You can buy full racks of beer or fill racks with individual bottles. This picture's a little blurry- we got there right before it closed and they were turning off the lights.
We stock up whenever we're in the neighborhood, and with the help of Paul and Simon, managed to fill up the car:
Not a bad haul, huh?
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