if you want a taste of the countryside this is it! i'm a total city girl and i will say this farm charmed the pants off of me. we decided to go apple picking and a girlfriend suggested this place. we went on a sunday and the second to last sunday(week-end) before the season is over. so it was crowded. the parking lot was full but they had over flow parking and it was very organized with a shuttle bus to and from.
walking up to the farm there was a field of sheep so of course we had to stop and baaaahhh at them and take a few photos. then we got side tracked by the cute little shopping ateliers and food stands. i bought a few little knick knacks and apple stroop. all very well priced. there was even a market with all sorts of food.
once we snapped ourselves out of the shopping coma we were in we headed out to the farm to do what we came there to do. By the way, you can adopt trees and make them you're own. we saw Tommy Hilfiger had a tree..ha!
they give you a plastic bag or you can bring your own baskets etc. i filled my whole bag up with maybe 30 apples? it cost 9 euros for the bag. it was a very charming experience especially for us city girls. it's about a 10 min drive past schipol. we thought about taking the train and bus out..but if you have a car by all means drive. it's in the middle of nowhere.
sadly we had missed the pear season. read more
