a short trip to “de Achterhoek”…

We took our motorhome and left Vlissingen …

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… to Vorden, a small village where I was born …

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The “Pieterpad” is a walking route from Pieterburen to Maastricht. We have walked this route some 25 years ago. Good memories !

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This part of the forest has not changed in 60 years … unique with the profusion of landscape architects these days.

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It feels weird that I ever got married in this castle …

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only good memories …

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Of course we visited my sister Hennie in Winterswijk … a good start of 2016.

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Hitch has no problems with the forests in “de Achterhoek”. 

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On the birthday of my mother, I visited her grave.

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We were not alone. Her grave is visited by many, such as by this robin

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A cemetery is also a good place to reminisce …

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Names and dates are enough for the relatives.

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I’ll make photos each time I visit my grandfather’s grave …

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on the way back I saw thousands of “gelukszoekers” in the river delta …

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too old to die young, but still making love and not war

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