Beautiful countryside while on a walk before my show at Cafe Trianon in Nijemegen, NL.

The audience at Cafe Trianon saying hello!

The fabulous audience at Crossroads Radio Sessions in Bergen op Zoom, NL.

More countryside driving but now in Germany!

Driving to Belgium from Germany you see nuclear power plants and windmills everywhere!

Hello from the Cafe de Muzikant in Neerkant, NL.  The family history of this wonderful cafe goes back to the 1800's.  Thank you Jos!

Looking out on Netherland's Delta.

Coffee with De Perk owner, Lenno before making our way to Breda, NL.

Sporting the color of the day and there will be enough beer at the 't Thuis before our show. 10,000 people at this event and all wearing orange!

An AMAZING show at Cafe Mojo (thank you David) and all our wonderful smiling audience members.

Yellow flowers for miles and miles as we head into south east Germany. We later found out they are used to make biodiesel

Cheers!

 
Bye bye Gospersgrün and thank you thank you Mario and Conny!  Now a 6 hour drive back to the Netherlands to play two shows in one day.....

Ramble on Tuesday's fabulous host in action, Eric Devries.

Happy to be in the back seat and not driving!  Thank you Theo!

Hanging out post show with my cohorts, Sean Taylor (UK) and Little Birdie (Canada).

Hello from Kantine in Quackenbrück, DE where the sun was shining for the first time this tour and I got to have amazing mojitos and learn about bicycle powered sound systems!

Walking through an amazing forest in farm country in Eindhoven, NL.

Now with the Lonesome Lovers!!!!

Walsoorden, NL is a hard place to find, but look at all the sweet people there to welcome you when you do!  If you need directions, just ask the nice man on the bicycle riding by because your GPS will not be able to get you there.

Queen's Day in Breda, NL!

Dave, Rob and I with our host, Marco Geene after our radio show at Omroep Zuidplas outside of Rotterdam, NL.

Back to Germany for a show at the beautiful wine bar, Kult+Genuss in Mönchengladbach.  Thank you Werner!

Dave in the driver's seat and Rob navigating Germany's autobahn.

Hanging out before the show at the Kutscherstube (Coachman's House), a 300 year old stable that has now been renovated into a place for events, horse back riding lessons and place that absolutely blew our minds.

All packed up and ready to roll, even got my last Seattle coffee in hand.  Please notice it is iced because of the sunshine I was about to leave behind...

Officially in Holland and catching a fast glimpse of my first windmill for this tour.  I've got serious butterflies already multiplying in my belly!  Did I mention I couldn't get my rental car in reverse or the window down to ask for help?

The view from my keyboard at my first show of the tour at Paddy O'Ryans in Leeuwarden, NL.

Pay attention gentlemen!

My view of Cafe Briljant in Haarlem.  I played the house piano, Betsy and got to see some familiar faces from the last couple tours (thank you Ronald!).

The fabulous audience at Jouke and Rudolf's house concert in Capelle aan den IJssel, NL.  Thank you so much everyone!!!  I had an amazing night!

Communication

Fish nibbling feet

Haarlem, just one of my Holland homes.

My first and only glimpse of Iceland.  Next trip I need to stop and have more time to see this amazing country.

Beautiful tulips are everywhere!!  This is what they look like when driving by at 120 km.

The first group of folks to buy my cd.  Thank you Miria, Peter and friends!

The leaning clock tower in Leeuwarden.

This is the fabulous Eric Devries who hosts Ramble on Tuesdays, amazing shows in various cities in the Netherlands.  We were performing in the Kargadoor in Utrecht.  I wasn't able to take a photo of the audience because the Kargadoor is below ground and like a cave so it was too dark.  I also learned that Utrecht is very difficult to drive around in.  Even with my GPS (now named Edgar so I can curse at him when he gets me lost) I was turned around for a good hour.  But the view of the city was amazing!

My Dutch Momma and Poppa took me to the Haarlem flower festival on my day off and it was amazing!  All of these floats are made entirely of flowers.  They smell and look beautiful!

Narcis

A really really really big boat going through a very very small canal!  The foot bridges rotate so the boats can go by which is crazy to watch.

Bike riding back "home" with my Dutch Momma and Poppa, Yvonne and Paul Bohme.  Stay tuned for more in part twee (two)...