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Back In The Low Countries: Maastricht
Towards the end of my stay in the Netherlands my sister suggested to go to a place I'd never been before in the South of Holland: the...
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Back In The Low Countries: Culemborg
Exploring the countryside, old historic places and Kringloop s (popular Dutch 2nd hand stores), either with a family member or on my own...
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Back In The Low Countries: Buren
One of my first trips I made with my sister during my annual trip tot he Netherlands was to the medieval town of Buren. With only just...
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Play That Vinyl Disc One More Time
A musical interlude that became a Shakespearean tale of epic proportions, interspaced with critical comments by the Dishonorable Edward...
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Houses In Motion
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…., I grew up in a quaint village somewhere in the Dutch countryside called Nieuw Loosdrecht. At...
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Behind The Dikes
The famous Dutch dikes do not only protect the low countries from the sea but also from some rivers! In my earlier post (*) I already...
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Ancient City & Music
Walking through the old center of Utrecht, admiring old buildings, sculptures, and ending the day with a concert by a band dating from...
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Land of Maas and Waal
About two years ago my sister had moved from a big city to a small village between the rivers Maas and Wal, known in the Netherlands as...