Here we are in the Netherlands, a northern clime, and I have just photographed a parrot – feeding at the Bird Rock Cafe outside our house. We add fat balls, whole peanuts, shelled peanuts, seeds, bread, etc for the birds and we have been delighted by the many many birds we have seen here in [...]
Haarlem City To whom it may concern, We received a letter – in Dutch about 3 weeks ago. We did try to read it, and did manage a bit and then tossed ideas into the wind about just what it could mean. I thought our little very wobbly road might be about to be repaired. [...]
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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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I wondered down towards the Spaarne quite early. Sinterklaas was to arrive at 1pm by boat. I started from the house and went to the Spaarne via the Grote Markt where there was much activity and many Zwarte Pieten. And there were excited children everywhere. I then wandered down to the Spaarne to pick a [...]
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On Saturday we did go and watch the Irish play the All Blacks at “The Tara Irish Pub” on Rokin in Amsterdam. There were hundreds of bicycles and people everywhere on the way which is unusual and it was very difficult to negotiate our way through the crowds and the bicycles to proceed to the [...]
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Delighted to see a new shop in Haarlem with favourite foods from home. Home in this instance means Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Great Britain and Ireland. so if you are looking for something from home try “A taste of Home” at Gedempte Oude Gracht 42, Haarlem. email for information at info@atasteofhome.nl. If you are [...]
New Zealanders have long been fervent All Blacks supporters. My Darling says nothing is noisier or more partisan than JW and I watching an All Blacks match. Yeah, right. Except the Orange brigade, that is. The World Cup build-up in the Netherlands was intense and orchestrated, as Nederlanders got themselves ready for the event. All [...]
The World Cup is coming! and we are so very sad to announce that we will miss all the madness as we will be in New Zealand for a very special small persons birthday, and other family gatherings, during the very mad times ahead for those here in the Netherlands. I know it will be [...]
Not ice skaters – too warm for ice now, but roller skaters, roller bladers, inline skaters – I think those are all terms to cover the fast moving people we met on Nassaulaan this evening. We were minding our own business. We had been for a quiet walk around town for about an hour, across [...]
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