Category Archives: Zomer 2017

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 →

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 →

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 →

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.  

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 →

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 →

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 →

Uitzicht richting Vaals

One of our favorite places in this area is Monschau in the German Eifel. Visited there both with our parents when we were still kids. It is a very romantic town. Like in a picturebook. The last few years we’ve … Lees verder →

Years ago I made a short visit to Köln, that was in 1991…. we only visited the Dom and its treasury that time. Now finally time for more. 533 steps on the stairs in one of the towers, but the … Lees verder →

Our first day here… after breakfast we drove through a familiar area to Tongeren, an old city with a famous antique market every sunday. Nope we did not spend our money on old stuff grinnnnnnnn…. but it was fun!  We … Lees verder →

Not a long trip this year, just a little over a two hours drive. Heijenrath…. Took a break in Thorn, which is called the white town. An Abbey was founded there in 972… with an enclave for women. It is … Lees verder →