I Want to Ride My Bicycle...

According to my friends, there are 17 million people in the Netherlands and 34 million bicycles. I'm not sure how accurate this statistic is, but I am inclined to believe it based on what I have seen now. Since I had been told so much about the Dutch and their bicycles, it was imperative that we ride bicycles during my visit. We rented bikes at a national park and I have to say that these might be the nicest rental bikes on the planet.

Here are Marije (left) and Jennifer (right). Yes, I took that picture while riding. I like to refer to it as the "Dutch way" to photograph.
Here is the lovely countryside.

We stopped partway through for a break and lots of pictures.

Jennifer's self-portrait.

And Jennifer was kind enough to photograph my bicycle for me so I wouldn't forget it.

After our ride, we went for a walk through a town whose name I don't remember (sorry, girls, it didn't all sink in)...

... and dinner in the town square.