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| Page Views: 1,683 | Best wishes from the Netherlands by MATIM - last update: Oct 18, 2009 |
The average tourist wants to go to places
where there are no tourists!
A journey is like marriage.
The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people.
You might better stay at home.
The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.
People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends. |
|  | This is what they do with you..................... This is what they do with you when you virtual attend a meeting.
They put you in the mouth of a crocodile! |
This is my grandmother I am very proud to introduce you to my grandmother.
16 December 2008 she celebrated her 100 birthday. | | |
| | four generations This picture is made at my grandmother's 100th birthday.
My grandmother, my mother, my daughter Maaike (VT member VonDutch) and I.
4 generations. |
Nootzaak I play the saxophone at this band.
Recently we changed the name of our band, and got new costumes. | | |
| | Two of my favorite people My dad was a carpenter before he retired.
He still lives near the company.
A few years ago my son had an excursion with his school to my dad's former company. Off course my dad helped the kids making a birdhouse.
At the picture my dad and my son Tim |
raften at the Durance in France During summer holiday we went rafting at the Durance in France. | | |
| Max with his favorite toy |
| | Max My favorite animals are dogs.
At the age of 9 I got my first dog, my mam wasn't too found of giving me an animal for my birthday, however that was all I wished for.
On a Sunday we went to the bird market in Antwerp Belgium. 30 years ago it was still allowed to sell animals at the market.
There we found a little dog, because my birthday is in Februari it was very cold and the dog was lying near a heater. My mother was so sorry for the dog, so she bought a blanket for him at that same market and carry him the whole afternoon!
His name was Bonnie and we had him for 16 years.
After that I had a golden retriever, I had him for 14 years, then we bought Max.
Max loves his cuddly toy he never goes anywhere without him :) |
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LoriPori Sun Nov 1, 2009 11:40 UTC
Hoi Ilse & Family: How are you all doing? We're good. Went to a Halloween party last night at Nikki's. Hans was an old lady and I was an old man. Pretty funny. xxx Lori | yumyum Tue Oct 27, 2009 19:02 UTC
Hi Ilse, Thanks for the good wishes! | eden_teuling Sun Oct 18, 2009 14:55 UTC
Hi Ilse, yes, en als we er zijn gaan we zeker kijken! Deden we ook toen we nog in den Haag woonden, lang lang geleden!! We komen weer een klein beetje in ons gewone doen en de vakantie deed ons goed! Lieve groetjes, elisabeth & pip | Waalewiener Thu Oct 8, 2009 20:39 UTC
Hoi Ilse en family Ik heb vandaag de postcard ontvangen voor my B day Only one day late not bad for Canada Post office Heel bedankt hoor Ilse |
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