Wim Harwig

Categorie: vlissingen

  • She likes weeds …..

    The title of this post is an old song from the early seventies ..

  • bullitt shopping

    The Lady of the House normally gathers all the fresh food during her daily commute and I do the heavy and bulky stuff once a week with the Bullitt. bullitt shopping, originally uploaded by wim harwig.

  • nautical college

    A long time ago I studied at this college for three years …….

  • politics

    All kind of old story’s were told around these tables ……….. Only the times are different; the subjects stay the same.

  • Bullitt and Mo

    I took ‘m out to the beach ……….

  • the first in 2011

    Easy-going and quiet change of the years at our house in Vlissingen.

  • Merry Christmas

    I’m planning to join the oliebollentocht on 28 December, so I hope all the snow will be gone within ten days …………. But for now it seems that we will have a white Christmas.  The cold and snow doesn’t stop Marjan using her bicycle for her daily commute. Although it takes a while to get…

  • Juffrouw Sijbels

    Located between a few schools was this little store owned by Miss Sijbels. Because of the many adolescent customers she had Treets, Smith chips, and all the typical Dutch candy’s like drop, chocolate, etc. in her assortment. What have you stolen from Miss Sijbels in the Seventy’s when she had her little candy store in…

  • Damn, it is RED!

    I wanted a Red Bullitt and called the only dealer of this bike in Holland ; Cyclomail in Leiden. Basically they started a company for bike messengers a few years ago, but their love for the Bullitt made them start a dealership for this marvellous bike too. I decided to use the full service of…

  • car on fire

    In this time of the year a lot of Germans are visiting our beaches. Usually they own nice expensive cars and motor-homes. But this time there was something wrong inside this good looking sportscar with German license-plates, a short circuit in the electronics . I was too late to give any help. I felt like…

  • hotel Britannia

    They started pulling down hotel Britannia ! I couldn’t find any photo of Britannia in my archive, therefore just an old picture of the Boulevard.

  • girodItalia

    The Giro d’Italia came through Vlissingen ! I have the impression there were more bicycles on the cars than on the road. You can see my slideshow here.

  • Spring !

    Temperatures are rising …….

  • flag

    This flag of our province seems to depict its condition. I wonder if the elections for our local council which we had today, will develope some improvements

  • commuting

    I made some photos during my commute. The first one on my way to the nightshift at 22.30 hours, with a full moon ……. The second one on my way home the next morning at 08.30 h.