Day 1 – Ambassador Hotel back entrance ready to go to the station to catch the train for the first leg to Utrecht. Why!! Still things to do like organise a train journey to the plane for last ride from Europe etc. So yes we took train to Amsterdam. Oh yes – and we were [...]
How can it be when two people plan a training program so they are capable of riding the 850 k’s on their city bikes from Haarlem in the Netherlands to Untersiggenthal in Switzerland – that it just keeps on raining. In March and April we cycled regularly doing several 50+ days. We cycled out on [...]
We are having major computer issues – laptop is having its hard drive replaced – you know the one – slot out, slot in – but here in the Netherlands it takes from 2 to 4 weeks apparently. So far we are in week 3. Don’t think Acer and Computerland are doing any kind of [...]
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Queens Day, 30th April 2011. Yes I have mentioned Queens Day before – this is the third time. Well of course it is the third time – it is our third year here so it would be the third time, wouldn’t it? Another party day – lots of stalls, people selling anything and everything, music, laughter, fun. This is [...]
We arrived here in the Netherlands at the end of August 2008 after a winter in New Zealand sorting out our lives in preparation for a new life in the Netherlands and of course heading directly for winter there in the Netherlands. It was a beautiful winter, there was some snow and there was ice [...]
Here in the Netherlands we have seen many more birds than we could have imagined. One very shy bird is the Jay and we have enjoyed watching this lovely bird coming and feeding here, ever so shy and nervous as always.
Trams in Amsterdam are run by the Gemeente Vervoerbedrijf (GVB for short. It means, as far as my limited Dutch can assess, “Local Government Transport Business”). On Thursday morning, 25 November 2010, I caught a Number 9 tram from Amsterdam Central Station to Alexander Square. I don’t remember the exact time – shortly before 10:00 [...]
A bitterly cold but very clear day We attended the service in the Roman Catholic Church, Oude Groenmarkt, followed by laying of wreaths at the statue of Hannie Schaft in Kenaupark, Haarlem on the 65th anniverary of her reburial after the war. The service was in Dutch of course, as was the beautiful and powerful [...]
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Hannie Schaft – National Memorial Service on Sunday 28 November at 1pm At the Roman Catholic Church, Nieuwe Groenmarkt 12, Haarlem, followed at 2pm by a Commemoration Ceremony at the “Women in the Resistance” Hannie Schaft Monument in Kenaupark. The church is nearly opposite “Ma Browns” restaurant. About Hannie Schaft from the Haarlem Shuffle. We [...]
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We (Best Beloved and I) shopped in Haarlem for a few important things – like coffee, tobacco and Dilmah Supreme Ceylon tea. You do know of course that tobacco is not important to me, but along with excellent coffee and tea tobacco keeps Best Beloved on good behaviour. And we purchased Christmas lights, Christmas presents, [...]
