MOM

july 1950

Zwolle

Last sunday we (Marieken and I) make a little trip to Zwolle.

All about that trip you can read on her blog.

Here some pictures of the most lovely shop I had ever seen.

 In this shop the famous "Zwolse balletjes'' (small balls from Zwolle)

I never tasted them, I wanted to buy them, but unfortunately the store was closed. 

Around the center of the city is a canal.

In the past it was for defending the city.

Downtown

Sint Jacobskapel, Nijmegen

In the old town of Nijmegen a little chapel from the 15th century. The chapel (a national heritage site) functions as a place to meet for pilgrims, especially for the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Pilgrims come together in the monthly ecumenical service (2nd Sunday of the month) and they can get a stamp in their credential here. In the past it has also been used as the workspace of a glass blower and people used to live here. Nowadays you can also get married here and it's attic is used for expositions.

This building used to be an orphanage and was built in the 16th century.

Just one of the little streets, flowers everywhere.

Charlottes Web?

Did you see the movie Charlottes web?

This morning I found tiny little spiders in the yard, cosy together

A few hours later they were very busy.

The King's birthday

Flags on top of the church

and in the streets.

On this day we eat a sweet goody called Tompouce. It's a well known pastry in the Netherlands. It's made of puff pastry, pastry cream and it's topped with a layer of icing. Normally the icing is pink, but for King's Day it's orange. Eating it can be a challenge, there are different techniques.

Tastes delicious but..

hard to eat.

A windmill and a bridge

A couple of weeks ago I went on a little trip with a friend.

This windmill is build in 1772 and was renovated in 1983.

The name of the mill is De Haas, (The Hare)

The vertical lift bridge at Boskoop is one of three similar bridges over the river Gouwe. Because of its central location, the bridge characterizes the village skyline. A new bicycle path was added to the bridge during its renovation at the beginning of the nineties.

My garden