It’s official. After a two day ride from Amsterdam I dipped my tires in the North Sea this morning. 
The Rhine. I’ll be following it upstream all the way to Lake Constance. 
Lunch in Rotterdam . 
More beautiful windmills and the amazing bike paths in Holland.
Your trip of a lifetime begins! Pictures are beautiful!
That’s for the good word of encouragement 😃
Mike, Guten Tag! Your route should be “relatively” flat at least for awhile. Hope you get a bit of a tail wind too.