The cycle trip yesterday from the pretty and sleepy village of Neuburg was only 23.11 k’s. But it was stinking stinking hot. We crossed the border at Lauterburg, but paused on the German side hoping for a last cool drink in Germany – but alas at the border the 2 German establishments were not open [...]
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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What to do when you are on the other side of the world and feeling sad? Go to Rotterdam on a Saturday, of course. So we went, on an overcast Saturday morning, to look at the architecture of Rotterdam and (we thought) to see, close-up, one of the seven wonders of the modern world, the [...]
This has been a hard subject to consider and then write about. But I must before the memories and the strength of my emotions and feelings are reduced. We decided to hook up with a tour guide, not being German speakers and also not being fully cognisant of the story of Dachau. We were instructed [...]
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A day at the beach – a beautiful day at the beach. A day at the beach – a beautiful day at the beach. We rode our bikes out here, through the sand dunes (and it was very very hot), past all the animals which roam freely in the Kennemer Duinen (Dunes). On the way [...]
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