It's that time of year again. And if you blink, it's over. One second the trees are yellow, the next they're barren. Part of the fun is trying to time exactly when the trees will turn in Amsterdamse Bos—the large forest in the southern part of town. On Sunday we decided to make the trek and see what we could find. As it turns out, many of the trees were still green. But one of my favorite parts of the park—a long tree-lined road—happened to be turning yellow. So we lucked out. By next weekend these leaves could be all gone.
Amsterdamse Bos photos by this guy (Ignasi):
After spending an hour or so walking and riding around de Bos, we headed back North to check out the marathon. Navigating this city with its circular streets and canals can be tough, throw a circular marathon road-block in the mix, and well, it's fairly impossible to get anywhere. We may, just may, have ran across the race boundaries with our bikes...a few times.
Watching the sea of faces jog past, I was lucky enough to spot our two girls Mira and Ashly. I'm super proud of these girls. 21km is no small feat!
Here they are just after completing the half marathon:
Not only is it 'that time of year' for the leaves, it's also that time of year for the fog. This morning was a foggy treat. Last year we had a couple solid weeks of this stuff. I wouldn't mind some spooky fog over Halloween. I grabbed Ignasi's fancy camera and tried to snap some shots of it.
Ignasi scouting out the best canals:
My favorite shot: 
Later in the morning, the fog burned off and we were treated to some beautiful fall weather. Why is it always sunny during the week and always rainy during the weekend? Quite uncanny how that works out time and time again.
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