Tag: nederland

  • Schiermonnikoog

    In 2023 our family visited the little island of Schiermonnikoog, one of the wadden islands of the Netherlands. With a lot of natural and historical significance, we enjoyed biking around the island exploring all we could find. Here’s a zine about a little moment we enjoyed. PS: we had a lot of fun trying to…

  • Mennonite Marathon NL

    Following the tradition established in August 2020 to commemorate the arrival of the first Mennonites in Manitoba, in 2023 I took the opportunity while visiting my wife’s family in the Netherlands to run to the birthplace of Menno Simons himself. Fortunately my in-laws live only a half-marathon distance from Witmarsum, so the mission could be…

  • Postcards from Schiermonnikoog

    Greetings from Holland! We spent the past weekend with (most of) Anna’s family on Schiermonnikoog, a small island off the coast of Holland in the North Sea. The island is a protected nature reserve, home to about 1000 people and thousands of birds, whose beaches are wide and streets virtually car-less. We rented bikes as…