About Andrew Phelps
Andrew Phelps is a WBUR reporter and the host of Hubbub, a new blog about Boston.

Since words are failing me, I will use pictures to communicate.
I took these today throughout my incredible, 30-mile bike ride through the Dutch countryside. I traversed the region called Waterland, an expansive, quiet, rural area that is separated from Amsterdam by a small waterway. A short ferry ride took me to paradise.
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A view of Broek in Waterland, a village where the homes float in a swamp

An old kerk

Tractor talk

Watch out for vogels!

Taco and Lonneke Souer, owners of Hof Van Marken Hotel & Restaurant, on the (former) island of Marken, where I ate the best Dutch ham-and-cheese-filled Pannekoek

The Amsterdam skyline from a distance
Andrew Phelps is a WBUR reporter and the host of Hubbub, a new blog about Boston.
Hi, Andrew,
I red your weblog, thanks.
I have a question about de photo of the ‘watch out for birds” (vogels!) trafficsign. I’m directing a theatrepeace called “Vogels” and wandered if it was possible to use your photo for our publicity? Or, if not if you could tell us where you found this trafficsign.
Hope to hear from you, Trudie Lute
Hi, Andrew,
I red your weblog, thanks.
I have a question about de photo of the ‘watch out for birds” (vogels!) trafficsign. I’m directing a theatrepeace called “Vogels” and wandered if it was possible to use your photo for our publicity? Or, if not if you could tell us where you found this trafficsign.
Hope to hear from you, Trudie Lute