sjoën Helje-Dörp |
This video is about my little town. The song tells about the fact that they are tearing down a lot of old, historical buildings, and how they build all kinds of modern ones.It is about how it was, and...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:59:00 GMT |
Propedeuse |
Propedeuse
My daughter Kim, received her Propedeuse today.
I was trying to explain, to a few American friends, what Propedeuse means, but couldn't.... (dumb me). So today, I went looking ...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:15:00 GMT |
Sinterklaas |
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Wooohooooo, one more week, before we celebrate Sintertklaas !!!
Sinterklaas in History:..>
Did you know that it was Dutch Immigrants who brought the tradition of Santa Claus to the rest of the ...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:27:00 GMT |
goodbye's |
hello everybody.
Sorry for not writing for a while, but I didn't feel like it. I just came back from the airport. She is on her way home now, and the past week, the saying goodbye has been hanging aro...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:13:00 GMT |
windmills |
We left at 2.45 yesterday afternoon. The weather was hot and humid, and there wasn't much wind. As you all will understand, a windmill needs wind to operate.
At 3 pm we arrived, and Vicki was impresse...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:11:00 GMT |
udate |
Hello my friends !!!
Sorry for not writing the last couple of days. This will be a short update.
Friday june 8th. Vicki went to see Atwerpen (Belgium). This is one of the oldest cities in Belgium. The...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:09:00 GMT |
Camp Vught |
Thursday june 7th
Vicki is very interested in the Dutch history, so we took her to Kamp Vught today. It is about an hour drive from my house, and we left at 1 pm.
Although the museum is only a fracti...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:28:00 GMT |
Groote Peel |
Groote Peel National Park
Today it was my daughters turn to show Vicki around. She took her to this national Park.Groote Peel is located about 15 km (9 mi) southeast of the city of Eindhoven, in the ...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:35:00 GMT |
Castle Hoensbroek |
Yesterday was a day of rest. Roy, my son, showed her around a little.
Today we went to visit Kasteel Hoensbroek. It was build in the 1300 's and it is still in tact. We climbed a lot of stairs, and l...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:48:00 GMT |
Amsterdam/Volendam |
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Saturday morning, 10.00 am. Intercity train to Amsterdam. Our weekend is about to start. It will take us 2 hours to get there. Vicki looks at the landscape, and asks me questions. I try to answe...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:09:00 GMT |
