Silvercity Schoonhoven.

A few days ago we visited a lovely little city not far from us called Schoonhoven.

Schoonhoven is renowned for its silver, hence it is nicknamed “Zilverstad” (Silvercity), home of the Dutch Silver museum and the International silver school

We didn’t have enough time

that day so we will be going back soon and visit the silver and clock museum.

Here just a collection of what we saw during our short walk.

This is the medieval townhall with its carillon of 50 bells.

The 17th century ferry gate  . The wooden doors are closed when it is high tide.

On my next photo there is a memorial

of the 1953 waterflood storm.. It shows how high the water came here in Schoonhoven. during the biggest nature disaster of all time her in Holland.

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Douce France.

Week before last we were going to France for a long weekend. But when we were there my husband got ill and we went home again. So no photographs of lovely little  villages I planned to make but just some of the beautiful Bed and Breakfast” Moulin de la Pommeraye” we stayed in and some I made from the car through Belgium and northern France. 

The B&B is an old watermill, situated in the village Pommeraye in the Haute Marne ,southern part of the Champagne region. Forests and green hills all around.The river the Marne runs through the garden and the grounds. It is so beautiful there.

The back of the house and mill.

The old Watermill

The river Marne runs through the garden

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Stockholm Sweden.

Yes, it’s been a while since my last blog. I was a bit under the weather

But here we go again . I still have photo’s from our last cruise around the Baltic sea. This time I want to show photo’s of beautiful Stockholm, Sweden.

Swedens capital city spreads out over 14 islands in lake Malearen and looks out to the Baltic sea.

And this is what I want to show today, not the old city but just some of the islands and the beautiful sights .

 

 

 

 

 

 

To live here would be a dream. The clean air , the peace and quiet. Wonderful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ferry , much needed if you live on one of the islands.

 

 

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still more trip photo’s.

 

 

One more set of photo’s from that beautiful little part of our country just north of Amsterdam.

Today back to Durgerdam .

 

This lovely building once used to be a school and a townhall. These days it is a home that you can rent for a lot of money , but then of course you have something very special and directly at the lake.

 

Houses along the dyke.

Lots of blue in this post for Blue Monday with Smiling Sally.

 

So good to be on your bike on a sunny day .

 

 

More old houses and look at the front , these two neighbors both have a rabbit cage in their front garden.

and on the other side of the street you see this, down here

What better to dry your goods than sun and wind.

 

 

And what a view these people have when sitting in their front gardens.

 

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For more posts about Durgerdam and Holysloot scroll down.

More summer trip.

 

Last Sunday we visited our friends who have a summerhouse in a tiny lovely little village called Holysloot . There is only one street there and most of the houses are situated at the water. It is quiet and serene there and what is so special it is only a few miles north from busy city Amsterdam.

Wonderful to be there.

 

 

This is a bike and hikers ferry and as you can see it was a beautiful day.

 

 

 

 

The end of a beautiful day.

Reflections in every photo.

 

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Wednesday.

 

Last Sunday we visited our friends who have a summer house in the country just outside the city of Amsterdam. On our way there we visited a lovely little village called Durgerdam that is stretched along a dyke at the lake IJmeer part of the IJsselmeer lake.

 

Nothing better than sun and wind for drying the laundry.

 

Just watching

 

and there it is

 

 

Beautiful weather for sailing on the lake.

 

so nice and peaceful.

 

Resting behind the dyke.

 

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