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September 11th 2023

Published: October 8th 2023

Another long interval has passed since my last blog. Some of you might have thought I had stopped blogging, or, god forbid, stopped travelling. Neither is the case. It's more that I have yet to return to my old travel schedule. The pre-Covid one. I was travelling more then. It's taking some time to get back to that. But I haven't been idle. Since Saudi Arabia there was a Christmas and New Year spe... Read Full Entry

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Woudsend

Stopped there for lunch

Family photo

Smelling the roses

Windmill

Crayfish eating day

Celebrated my brother's 50th... He actually became 50 in March

Gaanderen

Toasting the master

Gaanderen

My brother gave Kim a 1.5 litre bottle of La Chouffe, a Belgium beer, and I happened to have the perfect glass for it (from my student time).

Gaanderen

Master Kim, drinking his beer

Gaanderen

The master trying his hand at croquet

Gaanderen

And a few hours later he finished it! Well done!

Gaanderen

Izzy waiting for her boss to return from the Efteling

Gaanderen

Another day, another birthday, Nina became 17

Gaanderen

My mum with (almost) all her grandchildren. She wanted all of them, but we forgot and by the time we remembered, Kim had already left.

Gaanderen

Schnapps in the evening

Gaanderen

And yet another birthday, Jenni became 43

Gaanderen

Birthday girl with cake

Gaanderen

Balloons watching us

Hagen

Syburg, which is actually part of Dortmund

Hagen

Kaiser Wilhelm has a monument on the Syburg

Hagen

View towards Hagen

10th October 2023

Linn
non-member comment

Hello from Switzerland
Nice to see some photos of your walks around Groningen! I hadn't seen them before, nor had I seen some of the ones around Hagen. Looking forward to seeing the photos of your next trip! Love Linn

10th October 2023

His Dudeness
Ralf Kreuze

Hello back
Yes, there are some nice walks around Groningen and Hagen too. I'm sure we will talk before I leave on my trip.

10th October 2023

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Spectacular Dutch Sunsets
Being a perpetual Sunset Phile this is truly spectacular, Ralf...the colour enveloping the clouds like a warm red skin. I have posted it in "My mother-in-Law Sunsets" thread in the Photography Forum with one of your others. Check 'em out.

10th October 2023

His Dudeness
Ralf Kreuze

My mother-in-law sunsets...
That's a very specific thread I must say... But glad I made the cut with my pictures.

10th October 2023

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Another spectacular
A study in Dutch pastels...love it.

10th October 2023

His Dudeness
Ralf Kreuze

Autums sunsets are often the best
It was taken from a train window. A dirty train window, so it was a bit of a surprise to me, that it came out so well.

10th October 2023

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

The many forms of Family Time
The highlight of this blog to me, Ralf is your embrace of Family Time and that Jenni is part of your life. Your pics are full of the joy of your family's time together. How else can one explain the joy of wad walking...priceless!!!

11th October 2023

His Dudeness
Ralf Kreuze

I'm lucky
To have a fantastic family and a wonderful partner.

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