Utrecht Amsterdam Haarlem

I like this kind of 'advertisement'; an artshop has the names of the bigger cities of Holland displayed. I feel when you are a shop in a provincial town stay local and don't put Tokio or New York there.


Or maybe they really have shops in these cities, I don't know....

A Yawner

I took a picture of a 'yawner' in Vianen. A yawner is a stone or wooden head, often depicting a Moor, on the front of a building in the Netherlands. It was used to indicate that this building is a pharmacy.


The building is now a traveling agency

Info on the history of Yawners.

Chocolate Letter

It's that time of the year that you buy goodies for the night of St Nicolas (the 5th of December). This are letters, usually you get a chocolate letter of the first letter of your name...

The alcohol combatant

The alcohol combatant:
"Don't go with him, but with us, with him you meet your doom"

(an afiche from the good old days, Vianen museum)

The White House

Nice shot of some old houses in Vianen.... They look as if they have been there a long time..

New York vanilla-cheesecake

This weekend I made a Cheese cake, a classic receipe the New York vanilla-cheesecake. It was awsome... Many people enjoyed it.

bubbles

It was a weekend with some bubbles..

Marzipan piggy

I am not into the Sinterklaas celebrations, but I do eat some of the goodies which you can buy. This is a marzipan piggy I endulged in. Sweet marzipan with a little bit of chocolate coating. I ate all and felt guilty....

Tulips at the market

I have been to the market this morning. One stand, I realized is probably very Dutch. A stand only selling tulips bulbs. Selections of dark purple and pink tulip bulbs. Red and yellow, different shapes and sizes. I don't know what it is with tulips. It's one of the national symbols as a flower they are nothing special, still I like them. From time to time I buy a bunch.

Coffee

Coffee, menu and ashtray...

Hoekse Waard

A very Dutchy site, I had to take an alternative route to my work this morning because of a serious jam on the highway I usually take. I saw this windmill and thought, 'that's a nice post for Daily'.

Alternative refrigerator

I don't eat meat or milk products, so I discovered that you actually don't need a refrigerator. I don't drink soda's either so I have lived for years without one.
But sometimes a refrigerator comes in handy. When you throw a party for example. But with a little bit creativity: I cool my drinks in the bathtub... :)

View from the water

During a party at a friend we made a small boat trip on the canal of Woerden. I saw the town from a different angle.. This is a shot of the Castle and Catholic Church.

Ornament

Roof ornament with horse.

Bokbier

Bokbier is back! It is the autumn beer of Holland and it is one of the few beers I really love..!

What is the question?

Almost walked allover it, somebody drew this question mark on the beach. What would have been the question? Where am I in the point of my life, where am I going, what will I do? What is the right way to go.
It is my interpretation of the question mark on the beach, but it are indeed the questions I am struggling with..

The Pullpit

this is called 'The Pullpit'?

Name plate of ministers

This is a tradition in Protestant churches the name list of preachers/ ministers starting from the year of reformation. This date depends when the reformation took place. In Vianen they are not sure, but it happened somewhere at the end of the 1500's.

I always feel a link with history when you see these name plates

Interior

Inside the church, a service had just finished and some people are still enjoying the coffee. It is a tipical Dutch Reformed church interior; white and empty with some bible texts on the walls.

Heraldic

two more grave stones.