A Tour and a Tasting

Greetings!

Last Wednesday we were given the opportunity to tour a dairy farm and their cheese-making facilities and, as two avid cheese lovers, it was an offer we couldn't refuse. Located in Nijmegen, De Diervoort was only a short bike ride away and a pretty one at that. Once there, the cheese-making process was explained to us before touring the factory (though much smaller than the term usually indicates) and the farm. Naturally, the tour ended with a cheese tasting. Of course, the farm produces more than its own milk and cheese also making yogurts, ice creams, vla (pudding of sorts), and chocolate milk. It was a really interesting (and tasty) experience and some place we will definitely be biking to again. Plus, in addition to everything else, the farm has several public trails that we are looking forward to exploring. View the photos from this fun outing here and take a glance at the cheese-making process.

Until next time,

Jessica

Orientation: Weekend Pictures

Orientation Weekend
Originally uploaded by Farrell

And finally, the last blog post about the orientation weekend. I've uploaded and described forty-something pictures of the weekend. Check them out here.

Farrell

They Call Me the Wind...

So, we did our first intra-Netherlands travel yesterday. The International Office arranged a day trip to Amsterdam. I took quite a few good pictures, and will have them up as soon as I finish going through them. As normal, I will write notes on the individual pictures describing anything noteworthy, but no blog post about that trip this time. We are about to leave on a weekend orientation retreat to a farm in the country. I'm not sure if there will be internet, so assuming the negative, signing off until Monday.

Farrell