Wednesday, 15th of February 2023 [47]
Good evening people of Hive. Today I will take you for a walk that actually happened couple years ago, in the Autumn of 2021.
There was a time, that I decided to follow my heart and move to Netherlands to be with my beloved. I’m so romantic at times, I know!
I didn’t stay there for long - only around 1.5 years. Then I started making excuses of why I should go back home and somehow I never moved back there.
Since my ex and I are still friends though, I sometimes visit him if I go to Poland by car. I didn’t love living in Netherlands full time, but there are elements I love about it.
One of the things I love is that long walk around the canal. My then partner lives 1 minute walk from this beautiful path. We could see the canal from the windows of his top level apartment.
Almost every single day I would go for a longer or shorter walk around this canal. There were many options to choose from.
There are 3 big bridges like the one above those flowers nearby, so I could adjust my walks to the mood and the level of energy I had that day.
By the looks of things, this time I opted for the longer walk, to the further bridge.
I left the first one behind, cause I sure wanted to take it all in once more.
The little bridge ahead of me was just to cross yet another water feature. Netherlands is full of water features around buildings.
And full of bridges too. This one is one of my favourite ones. It’s so nice and open and I like the extra dynamics of going up and down the steps.
I also love to just pause my walk and stand there for a little while. Take pictures too, of course!
Some of my most favourite pictures are taken on this bridge. I remember one day I was standing on this bridge and out of nowhere a dog run straight to me to play.
Poor owner, she was terrified and ever so apologetic, but I didn’t mind. I love dogs and dogs love me. Things like this happen to me all the time, to the terror of the owners 😂
But here… look at this view. Isn’t it so romantic? I have a variety of pictures of this view from many different seasons. A winter version is my cover photo on my alt account @fantagira7
Looks like this time I skipped the pictures from the second big bridge. Must have been deep in thought, thinking of all the nice moments I had there.
Here, we’re already on the other side of the canal and it’s getting dark. Golden hour they say. The sky is taking on all the magical combinations of colours and day and night kiss for a little moment.
Soon after is when my phone camera usually freaks out, unsure if it’s day or night.
It tries to force the flash and I have to turn it off, but those not the clearest pictures have a beauty of their own. They’re a little mysterious I guess.
Once the flash is off, I can finally capture the light of the buildings on the other side and their #reflections on the canal. Would be a cool entry for the weekly reflections hunters contest, but maybe I’ll leave it for another time.
On this occasion let’s continue the walk. It’s not much further, I promise 😉
I walked past some pretty Dutch houses, which were all prepared for xmas already. It was almost December then.
Of course I stopped to take some more reflections pictures. My favourite one was with 2 of those round blocks and a rectangular one in the middle.
This time it looks like I skipped that option. Sometimes those pictures are only good in my head, but once I attempt them, then not always satisfy my eye 👁️
Some more houses with nicely shaped bushes.
And one more with a pretty tree.
Finally, let me end this walk with my second favourite picture spot. I’d usually walk on this little bridge and admire the view on the left.
But to get ‘the full picture’ of this tiny island - not-island I’d have to go off the bridge. I have a variations of this island throughout the year, at different seasons. Sometimes it would be easy to capture it. Other times I’d come back home with muddy shoes. Despite the weather conditions I insisted on taking the same picture over and over again, so one day I can make a collage of it with all the different seasons.
So far they are scattered across my 2 phones 😉 Maybe one day I’ll collect them all!
That will be it for today.
Until next time 💙
| Camera: | iPhone11 |
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| Photographer: | @fantagira |
