"Last Sunday we made a bicycle tour of 80 km. Through the North along the edge of the [[w:Groningen (province|province [Groningen]..]] ..On such a day I get again a lot of impressions which will reappear in altered forms in due time. Beautiful landscapes, nice small roads, beautiful farms, meadows with horses and cattle, birds, water and a lot of sunshine. Mills and towers and trees are breaking the lines of the flat land.."