May 2nd, 2014
We had noWi-Fi (pronounced wee-fee in the Netherlands) until late Friday so here is 2 days of updates. On Thursday, after a good night’s rest and breakfast with Jenny, Jan picked us up to take us to the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery from World War II. This is a very peaceful place of 2 617 burials of which 2 338 are Canadians. Also, the Cemetery honours those who did not have a known grave. Afterwards, we drove to the Doorwerth Castle close to Jan’s work near Wageningen. While Jan went to an audit meeting at work we explored the castle. It is a smaller castle but in good condition. Jan met us after his meeting and we picked up Gerda on the way to the Hoge Veluwe National Park and the Kroller-Muller Museum. This museum contains art from Van Gogh, Picasso, Gris, Renoir and other famous artists. Continuing to drive in the park we saw marshlands forests sand dunes and the Jachthuis St. Hubert house. Returning through the park we eventually saw some deer to prove that there is wildlife in the park. After being dropped off at Joop & Jenny’s we visited before heading off to bed.
On Friday Jan & Gerda took us to Maastricht and the Sint Pietersberg tunnels. These are tunnels made by cutting out the limestone starting with the Romans until modern times. They were also used for refuge when various armies invaded the area. It was very interesting to learn about the history and the amount of tunnels (approximately 250 km.). On the way back we drove through the Limburg province including Thorn (a village with white houses). Returning we went out for supper with Jan, Greda, Joop and Jenny. Returning to Leerdam we stopped to look at the bunkers from WWII that were use urging bombing raids.
May 4th, 2014 at 6:14 pm
Following your blog — with wine!
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