Pretty crazy idea really, but the dutch love this. They put speculaas biscuits into a white bread roll and eat it! Speculaas is similar to cinnamon but not the same. The spice comes from Indonesia as far as I know.
Now, does this prove I've integrated ;)
Sunday, December 30, 2007
biscuit and bread!
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Comet Holmes
I've seen about 4-5 comets in my life. It really is just a hugh piece of ice just flying about... but I alway get excited when they are around. This shot of Comet Holmes was taken in San Fransisco. It's good here in Friesland but not this good. Holmes has been around since late November and it is still visable.
Last year comet McNaught was around. While visible to the naked eye it was not that spectacular. By late january though, those in the southern hemisphere were in for a real treat.
Bosch - the lost wadden island
I have not visited all the wadden islands yet, but for now Schiermonnikoog is my favorite. This photo taken by Jeroen Minderman was taken there. But this post is about the island Bosch which was destroyed by storms. In 1570 there was a major storm known as the 'All Saints storm (Allerheiligen vloed)'. That hit all these islands hard and probably destroyed some of Bosch . But is was in the early 18th century that that Bosch completely disappeared around the same time that West Vlieland (Westeyende) on Vlieland became uninhabitable. Seemingly because the wadden islands creep to the east, the most easterly point of Schiermonnikoog is actually on top of Bosch. There is little chance anything of the island will be found as the sea flows here really move stuff around. A group under the name Sunken history (Verdronken gescheidenis) has started some research. There was quite a good post in dutch up on Wikipedia a year or two ago about Bosch. But Wikipedia is censoring itself (a total pain in the neck guys!) and the article has since been taken down. Anyway I have a few links about Bosch. Some are in dutch, but you might be able to run the pages through the excellent bablefish or Google translate. Anyway here are the links if you are interested:
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Ameland
Off the friesian cost you'll find the wadden islands. From south to north they are Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland and Schiermonnikoog. On Flickr I found this great photo by 'Ameland1732', who I would like to thank for giving me permission to us this photo. Most people here have their favorite island. They are great places to retreat to if you want 'get away from it all', though during the school holidays they might be too popular for peace and quiet.
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Sunday, September 16, 2007
Gytsjerkerhoek
About a month ago I shot a series of photos in the evening. The sun was shining but a small storm was under way. The light, contrast and sky were really something. I had already posted one photo. But today this photo started becoming popular on Flickr where I store all my photos, which is why I decided to post it here.
Saturday, September 08, 2007
Childrens Survival party
Is this an advertorial. No honestly it is is not. But we booked Jan van Dijk in for our children's party. I had video taped it. The party was so good I'm sticking it up and if it is for you get in touch with Jan.
It was a children's survival party. All the kids come home tired and dirty. But every single kid loved it. The next day they were still talking about it. Jan is in Ternaard, but he does parties in lots of different places in the province. We had our party in Rypsjerk.
Highly recommended.
Alle kinderen komen vies, blij en moe thuis. Wat zullen ze lekker slapen. Maar wat vinden ze het gaaf. Wij hebben damdijk.nl ingehuurd voor onze kinder feest. Het was het beste feest ooit.
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