Read Marion’s view on the Het Monument op de Afsluitdijk at the Volkskrant (the most awarded newspaper in the Netherlands).
Uit Festival The Hague
Rotterdam Symphony Orchestra
playing Beethoven. It was great!
Oostende promenade & beach
How different from Holland, because of highrises right on beach, but also because of many cafes & restaurants serving wonderful hot and cold meals. And look at those dressing rooms right on beach; looks like straight out of another era!
Oostende Mexican busker (who also serenaded me (at my age lol!) and beautiful view of boats near train station.
Oostende Belfort & Cathedral
Gentse Feesten – 2018
Attending “Gentse Feesten” again, this wonderful party here, lasting 1o days with fantastic musical venues all over town?😀
Gentse “Stroppendragers” Procession, recreation of resistance to paying taxes to Emperor Charles V, and then being forced to wear noose around their neck as punishment!
Tour moments
Lovely French speaking Belgian group with whom i spent 3 days touring various areas of the Netherlands! How fun for once to speak French as i learned it in Geneva, with “septante”, “nonante” etc! What fun Belgians are; I miss them here, do not get too many Belgian groups, as opposed to New York; but, in compensation, get to visit their lovely country a lot more: will be heading to Ghent shortly, for the so called “Ghentse Feesten” a 10 day party with various bands and lots of different types of music being played throughout city center, mixed in with folkloric processions, etc. Great fun! Come and join us!😀
Time for herring
Arrival of new herring celebrated with music, herring, Heineken beer, and auctioning off of a whole barrel of (delicious!) herring and dancing into the night! Naturally we were there to record this, lol!😀
Urban Farmers
On excursion to in The Hague with Italian group! Very impressive, as fresh vegetables are grown by watermethod on building roof. Completely sustainable and delicious, no chemicals!😀
Italiani di Luca a Volendam et des Francais de Marseille a Keukenhof!
Snippets from the “bulb” season
Some moments during busy “bulb” season: Colleague doing walking tour with bicycle and dog (and amazed but happy passengers), putting my French “gentle walker” in a “taxi” to circumvent walking requirement in Amsterdam, old fashoined tram from 50s last century passing by on Rembrandt Square..; wedding pictures in Hotel Volendam in Katwoude!
