Where does your asparagus come from?

So here is my Friday post, I was much too tired to write yesterday.

This is the first time in my life that I have ever experienced the feeling of TGIF. I wasn't tired of my job or anything, I think it's too early for that. But I was too tired of waking up at 8 am (which is 2am Canadian time) and tired of staying awake for 9+ hrs straight, (if you know me, during school, I nap A LOT)

Work was good, best day yet, I think with new jobs that is pretty common. I was getting less nervous around my co-workers, and getting know my way around the office. I was shown a bit more about the project I am working on, and it got me supremely excited!

Since it was the first day that it hasn't rained, I decided to go exploring! Since it gets dark at like 9:30 here, it gave me a lot of time to be able to go biking without worrying about getting my bike light working. I started by trying to bike along the water, which proved quite difficult at the start, because there was loads of construction, but once I was out of town, it was really nice. It's pretty cool, because they have a bunch of bike routes posted on the bike path. So I decided to follow route 96 for awhile. It brought me past a bunch of farms and green houses. And through part of a town that is known for its asparagus, which is a very exciting thing to be known for. After a while the bike route brought me through a town, which was very cute, it was called Velden. It is only about 6km from Venlo.

Disclaimer: All pictures were taken on a bicycle.. in movement

(This is where I got stuck because of construction)

(A couple km out of town)

(I thought this was an interesting contrast, the left and right side of the street)

(FYI, YOUR asparagus probably comes from China, the biggest exporter, The Netherlands only exports 1% of the amount that China does) 

On the way back, I took a faster route, which was pretty cool too, it was through more of the industrial part of Venlo. Somehow there were still tons of trees and greenspace, which is something I am not used to having in an industrial park. I also took a small detour through an older medieval part of Venlo. I saw one of the big churches that I'm supposed to care about :P. I also found a grocery that is open until 9pm everyday (except Sunday) It was actually closed though, because May 4 is a semi-holiday (meaning that some stores are closed and some have shorter hours)

(Venlo likes grass :) )

(A landmark that finds itself on postcards, it just reminds me of John Abbott College though) 

When I got home I was super duper tired.

I also decided that, since I eat a lot of sandwiches during the week, I am making a resolution to try and avoid eating bread on weekends.  I'll start with just like, sliced bread, but I'll see if I can avoid all baked goods.