easter monday

Easter Monday - 22nd of April

Second day at the beach this year and sunniest and warmest Easter ever.

Like two days ago on Good Friday, we went to the Noordzee coast to spend a few hours on the beach.

Exactly long enough to enjoy a day at the beach without suffering from sunburn afterwards. And to avoid the traffic jam and arrive home on time, to spend the rest of the day in the backyard, to end this splendid Easter weekend with a lovely outdoor dinner.

1st domburg beach day 2018

Sunday at the beach in Domburg. The Dutch North Sea beaches are great, I sometimes just forget about it... Since we live in Dordrecht, we always choose one of the beaches in Zeeland.

We were about the first ones on the beach, except for a few fishermen on the shoreline. Incidentally it was nice and quiet on our beach, totally against my expectations.

The beach is always a lovely place "to play outside" during all seasons and especially during the summer months. When we used to live in The Hague, we went to the beach so often.
In spring and summer, we met after work on our favorite beach between Kijkduin and Scheveningen. At the end of the day, when almost everyone goes home again, it's wonderful on the beach. We used to bring our own picnic basket or ordered something on the beach and stayed until sunset.

Sunday we also stayed on the beach until sunset and we were about the last ones to leave the beach, to take full advantage of these summer days in May!

Ps: The bikini I made the day before, the bikini top is a variation on my crocheted bikini top pattern and the bottom is completely freestyle...

at the beach

Midsummer mini break at the beach.

We went for two days to our favorite beach in Domburg.

All the pastel colored beach huts in a row are stunning. They are all unique and some are painted by artists. (All photogenic haha...)
We decided to rent a beach hut for the days on the beach and got our pastel yellow hut next to the 'flamingo girls'. It was a perfect way to stay cool during the tropical midsummer days.

We brought our salades and drinks in a cool box and at sunset we had dinner with 'kibbeling' and cava in a plastic beach bucket filled with ice.

We stayed in a hotel in the center of Domburg (thanks Fred & Chris for this treat) and on Monday morning we went to our 'own' beach hut and we almost had the beach to ourselves.
This is one of the advantages of working on a Saturday; you have weekend on Sunday & Monday.