Taksim Trio

I have been to the theater of Woerden to a performance of the Taksim Trio. Never heard of the people, the only thing I knew is that it was Turkish music. I enjoyed it a lot. I closed my eyes and completely drifted away..

Old house

I need to go into town and make some new shots. The autumn/winter is really starting, all the pictures I have are still of sunny warm days. But this one I still like to post. This old house is so interesting. It stands in the middle of town and it feels like it's an old old man who has seen a lot, but still going strong.

Time for a cup of coffee

A moment to un-hurry in a cafe, while looking at all the people who don't...

Nieuwkoop Tower

The tower of Nieuwkoop, build in 1672, used to be part of a 'High house' of a Lord. In 1816 the house itself was demolished. (this was a time when most of the medieval housed, castle, city walls and structures were demolished). The tower remained and is pretty high. Nieuwkoop is quite close to Woerden but I never new it existed..



Grotere kaart weergeven

Great Building

This is an old picture taken at Enkhuizen. It is a tourist office, I believe it used to be a stock for amuniton. Great building, it looks a bit Roman-isch.

Russian buns

I have had friends over for dinner and cooked a real Russian meal. The dessert was a real success. Buns stuffed with a mixture of boiled maw-seeds with honey, cinnamon, raisins, treacle and some other spices.

Advert

Great advert, it looks like long island but it's a compilation of famous buildings all around the globe.

Entrance Gate

An empty gate, nobody there...

Bench

Autumn is really here.

Cows

I have been on a holiday to Russia, for that reason I have not been posting images for a while. But I am back :), I have made 800 pictures so I decided not to post any of them but continue with Holland pictures. This picture is of several weeks ago. We are going into autumn so the landscape doesn't look like this anymore..

Do you see it?

I didn't noticed it when I took the shot, but later on I did... Do you see the squirrel?

river and land

I am staying with the Dutch landscape theme for a while, I have made such good shots a couple of weeks ago. However the landscape doesn't look like this anymore, the autumn is setting in..

Milestone

The multifunctionality of a 18th century milestone... Now a days it is used by sheep to....

A Cheese soo formidable!

Yesterday I have been to the Cheese and Delicacy fair, there I met a cheese so tasty and so good! It rarely happens that your taste buds explode and that saliva comes in an instant, but with this cheese it really happened. It's an Italian cheese made of a combination of cow, goat and sheep milk which fermented in chestnut leaves.
My goodness it was soo good, I recommend it to everybody (who likes old cheese).

Another one...

This is a shot a bit closer. It is the same type of mill I posted on earlier.

Country

Great shot of the coutry side, about two weeks ago now. The moisture in the air give a dreamy look to it, and in the distance another windmill!

Love is in the air

This is a shot I made a while ago in the summer. I spotted a couple, who were very in love with each other, they stood out of the crowd so much, while their ways of conversation was not very different from the others. But their eyes radiated love!

Just nature

Just nature, not really just nature, it's human activity now only for the accommodation of nature. The water you see used to be a canal, part of a defence system of a fortified building, part of the so called water line. This was a defence system which would flood part of the country so alien armies could not progress to the states of Holland. The wood in the water used to be of the (walking) bridge to access the fortress. It is now a hangout spot for birds.

Old farm

An old farm on the road to Bodegraven. In Holland are a lot of 'hidden' farmers neighbourhoods. Meaning there are several roads and paths to a town or city going through rural areas. Sometimes it looks like time stood still.

House

Cool house located at the shore of the old Rheine. For American standard this house might not seem so special but for Dutch standards it is a huge and probably very expensive house.