There’s noting I can say or add to the recording below that can convey the sheer beauty of the voices of these ladies (Herma, Geke & Lotte – Aunty, Mum & Daughter). So, listen and luxuriate in the exquisite harmonies of these voices...
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Popped on the ferry to St Malo with the car along with Ma en Pa van Emous to stay for a couple of nights at the delightfully preserved Medieval town of Dinan, nestled in the river Rance...
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We’re fulfilling one of Annelies’ travel aspirations – visiting the North Cape in Norway. We’re cruising up the west coast of Norway from Bergen up to Kirkeness on the “Midnatsol” (Midnight Sun) on what is knows as the “Hurtigruten” (“Express Route”). It’s actually a...
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As part of our Hurtigruten ‘cruise’ up the west coast of Norway we landed on one of the Lofoten Islands. Then, whilst the ship made its way to another port on a connected island, we were coached across to visit a Viking Longhouse where we experienced a Viking feast. After which we rejoined the ship at its next...
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In this centenary year of the start of The Great War we’re off to view the battlefield of Mons where the BEF first engaged the Imperial German Armies of the Kaiser on 23rd August 1914. A place that my Great Grandfather, Lance Corporal Francis Fleming of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, would have known only too well. At the...
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It seems to me the generation that faced down the hardships and horrors of total war in WWI (and WWII) were made of a special kind of stuff.
Honour; duty to country; grit; courage; sacrifice; determination and resolve are all words that can (as a generalisation) epitomise those generations.
Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum (Dutch Railway museum) a must for all little boys who like trains ! 😀 We all had a great day at this wonderful museum… and of course we went by train which was even more enjoyable as the boys haven’t really been on a train before … een leuke dag!...
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I love Holland and the Dutch culture …. where else in the world would theme parks and national art museums be so chicly done: The Efteling : Inspired by the artist Anton Pieck The New Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (10 years in the...
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Back in Holland again and meeting up with Oma, Opa, Marielle, Sylvan and the boys … yay !!! River, Lukas and Seth are so cute and Uncle Rob is having a great time with them : Nerf Gun fights; Go-karting and a trip to the Dutch Artillery museum (so far) … made all the more interesting as Opa (Grandpa) served on the same...
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Autumn gardening tasks … scarifying the lawn … apparently it’s good for it...
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Where else could we be with a blog title like that but … the leaning tower of ‘pizza’ …Pisa (sorry feeling a bit hungry as I write this)
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It may be something of a cliche I know, but … Tuscany IS beautiful.
Soft rolling hills, studded with lines of pencil thin Cypress trees, hillsides fat with vines and olive groves.
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We’ve packed in another full day of Ancient Roman sites. It makes up for the rather disappointing day we had yesterday when I was robbed on the Metro. I had my pocket picked and lost my iPhone {deep sob}. Spending a couple of hours in an Italian police station was ‘interesting’. It was like something out of the 1930s … weird.
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