A new Bridge

In 1944 soldiers (for instance American, Canadian, British, Australian) 

crossed the river the Waal in little canvas boats to liberate Nijmegen.

48 of them died.

Yesterday a new bridge was opened on the same spot.

To remember those who died, every evening when it gets dark 

48 lampposts on the bridge light one by one.

Some of those veterans are guest of honour at the openingsceremony.

There was a big firework and lots of music.

Photographs: De Gelderlander

A short video about building the bridge, from start to finish

Shop update & free shipping

Every now and then Society6 offers free shipping on their products. This offer is 

not automatically available, only through this link.

Yesterday and last week I added new prints to the shop

Recently, Society6 added mugs and totes to their product line. 

Museum Speelklok

Last sunday me and my daughter visited a beautiful museum in Utrecht, called Museum Speelklok.

Museum Speelklok collects, preserves and restores a large collection of self-playing mechanical instruments from all over the world. One of it's major roles lies in spreading it's knowledge of the collection to a wider audience.

The Museum is located in a former church, on the picture is the first floor.

Music box

This kind of organ you find in the streets of Amsterdam

 On the ground floor you find tombstones.

If you would like to know more about the museum, you can find more information here

A Walk in the park, part 3

In july I made a blogpost named 'a walk in the park'. Last week,
at one of the last sunny days of the year we went again.

 Gaius Julius Civilis, an ancient hero who led the Batavians to revolt against the Romans
 during the 1st-century lived here.

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The Belvedere was built in the 15 century as a watchtower.

Nowadays it functions as a fancy restaurant. The view over the river is magnificent

 Shield at the front of the tower

De Waalbrug (bridge over the river Waal)

In 1944 over this river and bridge the liberators came to free Nijmegen.

Manhole Covers

A couple of years ago I visited Lisbon with my daughter. 

We went to the former Expo, wich was held in 1998. 

I spotted a manhole cover made especially for this event.

 Since that time I looked in cities for a manhole cover showing someting about the city.

Don't think I only look at the ground :)

 Copenhagen

Copenhagen

 Copenhagen

 Prague

 Berlin

And this one is in my hometown Nijmegen

On Pinterest I have a board of manhole covers.

Playing Scrabble

Every weekend I go to my mom's place for a couple of hours.

She is 90 years old, but still lives on her own. Every now and then she bakes delicious cakes. 

She likes to play Scrabble.

So every weekend we play Scrabble.

Etsy finds

To my surprise one of my notebooks got featured on an edition of Etsy finds last week :-)