Author Archives: Henny

Day 10, travel through time

It might get boring, but breakfast on the balcony again… and after coffee en route! We did not have a real plan, but Monpazier on our mind. We both love Monpazier…. and more people do, we had to search for … Lees verder

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Day 9, evening

The afternoon with almost 40 degrees was a time for swimming and reading in the shadow…. and use the evening to go somewere nice, so we did! We went for a drive, and came to Saint-Avit Senieur, with an Abbey … Lees verder

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Day 9, wine market Lalinde

It is the wine festivities weekend in Lalinde, which means a nice market with lots of regional produce. And I love to stroll there… all the different wines, food, candy etc etc. Dit weekeind het jaarlijkse feest in Lalinde, met … Lees verder

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Day 8, warm friday

If the weather people are correct this was the warmest day this vacation, almost 40 degrees. Stay inside, or in the shade, or in the pool. We did go out for diner, to Limeuil, and that was lovely. So this … Lees verder

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Day 7, Marqueyssac

It was more then warm today, reminded me of India. We did some shopping, but only became really active after 5 Pm. Drove to Beynac, but our favorite restaurant there was closed so we had dinner in Castelnaud, and arrived … Lees verder

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Day 6, Breuil and Les Eyzies

It is getting warmer every day. Should be 38 degrees around the weekend, that is a bit to much! We had a lazy morning (yes, I did my swimming) and then took the car. Through very small lanes and a … Lees verder

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Day 5, Domme

Waking up, swimming, breakfast on the balcony, love love, love those mornings…. After breakfast making plans for the day, in 2016 we had paid a quick visit to Domme on our way to Sarlat. And wanted to see more of … Lees verder

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Day 4, back to Bergerac

Another warm summerday, we needed shopping, can’t go out to dinner every evening 😉. And so we took the car to Bergerac, already it was 26 degrees, wowwww… We saw some remains of the festival of the land close to … Lees verder

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Day 3, lazy sunday

Well not that lazy… started with swimming… loved it… after our morning coffee we went to Issigeac… love that sunday market.. the poor sunflowers here do need rain…. on the market the fresh tomatoes, olives, sausages, cheeses, love those smells… … Lees verder

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Day 2, Montignac and arrival

After a great breakfast we were ready for the last part of the trip! Ofcourse the was the usual traffic jam between Limoges and Brive. We arrived a little after 12 in Montignac, for a well deserved drink and lunch. … Lees verder

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Day 1, Orleans

We left early, 3.30 am, reached Paris around 8.15 and left it behind us around 9.30. The peripherique was its usual self again lol… luckily Pieter has no trouble with that! We reached Jeanne’s town (Orleans, Joan of Arc) around … Lees verder

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Countdown….

Yep, only 65 days and then we’ll be in the Dordogne again….

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Woodstock

Leaving in the rain, the closer we came to Steenwijk the better. Spend the afternoon with mom and dad and after diner went to Dicky Woodstock. A great festival in mij hometown, well town lol… but anyway a great festival … Lees verder

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‘T Hijgend Hert

OK, so we have this habit… last evening of our vacation we always go out to diner really nice. We went to a very special place tonite! ’t Hijgend Hert….. Not the first time, we were there with mom and dad … Lees verder

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Castle Hoensbroek 

Almost 800 years ago it’s foundations were laid! One of the oldest castles in the Netherlands and we’d never been there! Well that was corrected today! It really is worth a visit, from the cellar prisoncell to the tower with … Lees verder

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Food stuff

Yes, I know… we do eat and drink, don’t worry… so some food related pictures…  Grinnnnn, no no picture of my Val D’ieu dish and Pieter’s cooked mussels.  

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Mergelrijk

There are a lot of marl stone caves in Limburg, the coalmine museum is in one of those. In another you can find a replica of the catacombs from Rome. We went to one with marl stone art. Really fantastic … Lees verder

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Coalmine museum

I’d been there years ago, and Pieter even longer ago. So we visited the coalmine museum in Valkenburg. The Dutch mines were closed in the 70’s. Our guide has worked there in his youth so his story was really interesting. … Lees verder

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Music

For almost 15 years now I’ve been a fan off Blackmore’s Night, the band around Ritchie Blackmore and his wife Candice Night. When we met Pieter joined me. And yesterday evening we heard and saw them live in Heerlen. They … Lees verder

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Uitzicht! 

Uitzicht richting Vaals

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