I have not written in months, but today I can not resist writing. There is so much snow in the Morvan (Burgundy, France) and it is so overwhelmingly beautiful that I have to share some photos with you

Yesterday the participants of Steemfest 3 had the opportunity to visit Auschwitz/Birkenau. The German concentration camp in Poland. I read a post about this visit from my son Exyle and also the comments

Our American neighbors in our little hamlet in The Morvan (Burgundy, France) invited us for a hamburger dinner tonight, (what else would you eat on the fourth of July!) Of course, the American flag stood

Today, June 21, is the longest day. When I left the kitchen at 10 o'clock in the evening and went outside, it was still so light that I could read outside without the help of artificial light. I took some

Next Saturday my husband Sjoerd and I will return to France. We have been here in the Netherlands for more than 6 weeks and have taken care of Sam a lot. We enjoyed it so much! I have been so busy that

My daughter and her partner are still very busy with their new build house. Unfortunately, Murphies' law is still applicable and things go wrong. So Sjoerd, my husband and I are often asked to take care

Rotterdam today remembers the bombing of the city 78 years ago. Four days after the start of the Second World War, the Germans bombed the city of Rotterdam to force the Dutch to surrender. And we did!

As a surprise, my daughter Eva and my son Mark (@exyle) invited me for a lunch on Mother's Day in a well-known fish restaurant in Rotterdam. My oldest son could not be present. He is on a well-deserved

Our grandson Sam stays with my husband and me for two days. When he came, his mother brought him on her bike, he was thirsty. He drank his bottle as he stared at the tower that grandfather Sjoerd had built

I want to share with you some pictures I made yesterday. I think you can only take those in Holland. Yesterday, my husband and I had to go to a little town in the middle of the Netherlands. When we came

Sam with his crown for King's Day. Today, 27 April, it is King's Day in the Netherlands. The king and his family visit a city in the Netherlands and flea markets are organized in all other towns and villages.

Yesterday I wrote about our visit to the restaurant on the lake. I told you we thought we deserved it because of what happened that day. No one was hurt and we can laugh about it afterward, but it was

Just before we go back to the Netherlands, and leave the Morvan (Burgundy/France) for about 6 or 7 weeks, we decided to dine in one of our favorite restaurants here in the Morvan. We thought we deserved

Here in the Morvan (Burgundy/France), the weather is nice, but fortunately, it is also nice in the Netherlands. Yesterday evening my friend of more than 40 years sent me this picture of "de Kralingse

It is a sunny Sunday morning here in the Morvan (Burgundy/France). It is only nine in the morning and it is already warm outside. I go outside and make the pictures for this post, but I cannot help but

After a few beautiful days with a lot of sunshine, it is again raining a lot and if it isn't raining, like today, it is cloudy and colder than a few days ago. But, spring is in the air. I will show you

My husband and I decided to go to our house in the Morvan/Burgundy/France for a couple of weeks. My mother had moved to a rehabilitation clinic and is well looked after by my four sisters. I am pleased

When I read @ericvancewalton's post about the Blockchain Memory Project, I thought: "he writes about something that was an important reason for me to take part in this platform in the first place".

It is as it is, when I am in Rotterdam I have a very busy life and almost no time to write a post. Pixabay, TeroVesalainen I try to read blogs from the people I follow and I vote and try to comment, but

Today is March 8, it is International Women's Day. I am not the first to mention it. I already saw a message from @lordoftruth and @meanmommy33 about the same subject. I think it's good to have this day,