Jan 08, 2008 in Europe, NL Holland, Responsible Travel, Wildlife Nature
We all need to eat, have shelter, wear clothing (there are some who would argue this) and travel around. To do this, we buy clothes, houses, furniture, gas, water, vehicles, and the list goes on and on. However in undeveloped countries, this list is much shorter. “They’ve got warmth and sunshine” I’ve heard in rebuff as [...]
Dec 26, 2007 in Europe, NL Holland, Things To Do
The outdoors, ice skating in nature, wafting along reed beds, freedom. That’s the intention behind the multi-functional outdoor recreation centre that opened in December 2007, called “FlevOnice” or “Ice World”. We visited the course on a very busy Boxing Day (2007).
Dec 21, 2007 in Europe, NL Holland, Things To Do, Wildlife Nature
The Netherlands experienced another record warm year in 2007. But in the week before Christmas, the temperatures plummeted. On the 21st of December, it even dropped to minus 8 deg Celcius. Brrr. Winter water sport enthusiasts were enthralled.
Hope you enjoy this brief glimpse into "hard water sailing".
We live next to the Oostvaardersplassen in The [...]
Apr 22, 2007 in Europe, NL Holland, Things To Do
The most beautiful spring gardens in the world are open for a few months each year. This year, they were open from 23/03/07 until 20/05/2007. It was our second visit to Keukenhof and we spent 5,5 hours in this 32-hectare eden. You need the time to fully enjoy the flowers, smells, sights and sounds.
Keukenhof (directly translated [...]
Mar 24, 2007 in Europe, NL Holland, Things To Do
We live next to a Dutch wetlands nature reserve, called the Oostvaardersplassen (lakes of the East-farers, roughly translated). It’s totally peaceful and home to a multitude of bird species and wild animals like beavers, roe deer, red deer, heck cows and wild horses.
This video is our first foray into making films. Hee hee. It’s great fun [...]
Feb 13, 2007 in Europe, NL Holland
Marcel was born in Holland and grew up in South Africa as his folks emigrated in 1971. Fortunately over the years, Marcel learned how to speak Dutch from his parents. Another real blessing for us, he lived in Holland for five years (from 1990) and returned to South Africa, where we met and got married. [...]
Jul 18, 2004 in Europe, NL Holland, UK United Kingdom, ZA South Africa
“No matter where you come from, as long as you’re a black man, you’re an African. No mind your nationality, you have got the identity of an African“. ~ Peter Tosh
Albeit in reverse, Peter Tosh sings about the way I felt a lot of the time while growing up in South Africa with my pale [...]
