You know how you will drive along the same path everyday, always turning left at the exact same spot, and then one day you turn right instead, and a whole new world opens up to you? Well, that happened to me yesterday. But I was on my feet, not in a car (obviously, i'm in the Netherlands). Behind my apartment building there is more grass and sheep than the eye can see, which while it is picturesque and quite scenic, made me choose to always go one way versus the other whenever I set out for a walk or a run. While I appreciate the beauty of nature, there was something intimidating about being surrounded by more animals than human beings, usually sans cellphone. However, I must have been feeling quite adventurous yesterday as I made the right instead of the usual left, so to speak, and ended up on the most beautiful route. And, I most definitely wasn't the only one who had been back there before, as there were designated walking/running/ and yes, biking trails all throughout what I once thought was only grasslands. There was even a couple restaurants further in, and an entire quintessential Dutch neighborhood. And, only once, at the beginning mind you, did I almost get killed-- by a tractor, none the less. Welcome to the Netherlands!