Netherlands: Driving around Heukelum and surroundings
I took these pictures from the moving car last year. Heukelum Castle | Kasteel Heukelum. I did not drive. Dutchman did. We were driving around this area last October, showing the countryside to the Dutch father. This was his last road trip, albeit a very short one. We drove through the town of Heukelum and on the dikes in the surrounding areas, passing by lush farm field plantations and comfortable farm houses. Dutchman wanted to show the Dutch father the Netherlands he used to know and have always known. You know the Netherlands is incredibly flat. It is also very green. Oh, obsessively symmetrical as well. Have you noticed all those trees on a straight line? Although Dutch father was very tired, he enjoyed this little road trip. He left us 6 weeks later. Life is fleeting. Heukelum Castle is also called Merckenburg Castle. Farm fields in nearby Heukelum. The village is part of the Lingewaal municipality. A house on the dike. Farm plantat...