Sometimes you drive past something and your eyebrows go up as you look quizzically at what you are seeing.
Your brain is busy trying to find possible answers to the “What on earth is this?” question and nothing instantly comes to mind.
Such was the case three years ago when we visited the southern Dutch province of Limburg.
The images in question were of large ribbons tied to trees on both sides of the road, and not just one ribbon on one tree but on lots of trees, in fact, hundreds of them.
At first I thought that it might have been for a wedding or some local event but then it became clear that it wasn’t for “some thing” but rather for “some where”.
These ribbons lead to a driveway, and since we pass this spot most of the times that we went back and forth between our holiday park close to the town of Vaals and the city of Maastricht, I photographed these on many occasions during our outward and return journies and at different times of day. During our first drive by we realized the the ribbons are on both sides of an entrance way. Now that we have worked out what these ribbons were for, this place was quickly added to my wish-list of places to visit. Now the time has come to make this wish come true and we follow the ribbon “trail” and enter the gates to see for ourselves…