Walking in Wassenaar...

In late January, it became too cold and windy to walk in the dunes. Instead, Sally took me and Kati to the woods of Wassenaar for a change of pace.

It was cool sharing with Sally much of the path that Veronica and Brett set for us when we hashed there way back in mid-May.

While I used to cycle in this area years ago to go to Darlene's to scrapbook, this was the first time that I actually walked past the Kasteel de Wittenburg. Dating back to 1899 as a private estate, it opened as a hotel and events venue in 1963. 

Across from the castle was this sweet sculpture of a young girl collecting Easter eggs.

It was surprising to see that Santa was still hanging out in front of this mansion in late January. 

A silver lining in the craziness of the pandemic was that I could spend extra time with Sally since her job was essentially on hold while the BSN was operating virtually.