My feet on a gravestone

The church is filled with heraldic grave stones from 1500 and 1600 and now my feet are walking on them...

Grote Kerk Vianen

This is a shot of the magnificent old church of Vianen, a town not so far away. It is a huge 'temple'. It started of in 1327 as a little chapel dedicated to 'Our dear lady of Ascension'. In 1540, then extended to a 'hall' church, it was destroyed by a fire. The next build church is the building you see in the picture. No mayor constructions took place since that time. But a big change happened on 25 September of 1566 when the images and statues were removed during the Reformation. It has remained a Protestant church ever since and till today an active community.

I will post the coming days some shots I made during a visit.

A little bit boss cleans up..

I don't have a dog so it doesn't counts for me..

Sinister

An odd sight: a run down church, broken cars, and a run down houses around the church. I sneaked insight the building to have a look. It seemed as if everybody just left. It appeared to have been some kind of hospital for mentally ill. The atmosphere was so sinister that I didn't stayed long though. I don't want to know what happened there...

Run down

Old car used as depot for sacks with building material besides run down church..

O Fortuna""

Medieval house from the Golden Age in Oudewater, a town pretty close to Woerden. I think that the statue is Fortuna?

Peace and quiet

All is peacefull and quiet at the IJsel.... I love these
moments on the quiet rural areas in Holland.

Galician Chamber Orchestra

The Galican Chamber Orchestra came and visited Holland, but this evening there were no more than 20 guests, It almost felt like a private concert...

Early Sunday morning

View on Montfoort, early Sunday morning.

Shop door

Eileen leaving a shop..

At a local second hand book store this book was lying open. It contained illustrated creepy folk stories about devils, demons, dragons, gobelins, earthmen and dwarfs.

Papers

I mis working on my daily blog so I am taking up taking the pictures again. I start with a picture of a meeting where we posted all our questions and ideas on a wall.

Holiday Greetings

Merry Christmas and all the best in 2010 for all Daily Bloggers!

Covered in snow

Shot of the Gereformeerde Church across the street.

Holiday Season

The Christmas feeling is kicking in today with me! I thought this is really an awsome shot and not such a familiar site in Holland.

Castle in the morning with snow

It is winter today! This morning a thick layer of snow and more then 600 km traffic jams. I have not been on Daily a lot this month, I am starting up my own business. Maybe a bit strange to hear in the times of crisis, but I have a certain knowledge which sells good.... So I am taking a change!

St. Nicolas goodies

St Nicolas treats...

Grey

It are grey, dark, cold and rainy days over here, never the less a great shot of the windmill.

Advert

Nice recovered ad from the old days.

A bike

A bike, I had a nearly fatal accident with one of these things when I was a kid, I always remember when I see one.