Tulips! Tulpen! Tulipani!

Very Dutch, but not from origine!

From origine the tulip comes from

Turkye!

Little red fringed tulips!

Characteristic for Holland: tulips and a wind mill!



Tulip fields!



Double tulips with yellow and red!

Chocolate factory Defroidmont in Erezée, Belgium!

We have visited the chocolate factory

June 2010, but on that day

the factory was closed.

This year we will hopefully visit

the factory again.

In het leuke stadje Erezée kunt u met uw eigen ogen kijken hoe chocolade wordt gemaakt. Philippe en zijn vrouw Christiane begonnen in 1984 met hun chocolaterie. Vooral de eerste jaren was het hard werken en maakten ze lange dagen. Vandaag de dag is het mogelijk om een rondleiding te krijgen in hun winkel en kleine chocoladefabriek. Er worden hier twee soorten pralines gemaakt, namelijk de in de vorm gegoten en de omhulde pralines. Verder maakt u kennis met de verschillende vullingen zoals karamel, marsepein, praliné en diverse noten. In het kleine filmzaaltje wordt u een film getoond waarin de verschillende stappen in het productieproces worden uitgelicht. Na afloop van de rondleiding mag u natuurlijk even proeven van de heerlijke bonbons!

In the charming town Erezée you with your own eyes how chocolate is made. Philippe and his wife Christiane began in 1984 with their chocolate. Especially the first year was hard work and long hours they made. Today it is possible to get a tour of their shop and small chocolate factory. There are two types of chocolates are made here, namely in the molded and coated ones. Also you can learn about the different fillings such as caramel, marzipan, chocolate and various nuts. A film shown the various steps in production are highlighted. After the tour you may have a taste of the delicious chocolates!



Bad Essen, Germany!

The town of Bad Essen is on the North German Plains, because of the transition of the low mountain range to the plains. The Wiehengebirge Range covers approximately the southern third of the town and reaches an altitude of 211m above sea level. The highest point of the Wiehengebirge Range is on the black Brink in Lintorf. The northern part of the town is flat, with an average altitude of 50m above sea level. The Hunte flows through the eastern part of Bad Essen northwards and crosses the Midland Canal in Wittlage.



Nice little town to stay a few days and
to make long walks along the countryside



City center!
We have stayed here some days a few years ago.

This was very relaxing!



La Roche-en-Ardenne, Belgium!

La Roche-en-Ardenne, where we were lost

our way to go to Durbuy. We had an exit missed!

Suddenly we were in La Roche. A busy touristic

town near the river Ourthe

La Roche-en-Ardenne is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Luxembourg Province.
On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 147.52 km², had 4,348 inhabitants, giving a population density of 29.5 inhabitants per km².
La Roche is believed to have first been settled in the Neolithic era. The Romans built a fort there following their conquest of Gaul and the Ardennes.

The town's medieval castle was in use between the 9th and 18th centuries.
Lying beside a bend in the River Ourthe, the small town of La Roche-en-Ardenne is one of the more popular tourist destinations in the Ardennes. Walking, kayaking, and mountain biking are among the outdoor pursuits available here. The municipality's other main economic activity is agriculture.

Brodeuses! A common thread!

The film won "Critics Week Grand Prize" and "SACD Screenwriting Award" at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. It is also nominated for "European Discovery of the Year" at the 2004 European Film Awards.

When Claire (played by Lola Naymark) learns that she is five months pregnant at the age of seventeen, she decides not to abort the baby and not to tell the man she had the child with (who seems to be married). Instead, she quits her current job at a local supermarket and goes to work as an assistant for Madame Mélikian (Ariane Ascaride), an embroiderer for haute couture designers. Mélikian has just lost her only son in a motorcycle accident. Claire shows her willingness in taking her duties, as well as taking over Mélikian's private order when she is treated in the hospital.

Very nice movie, interesting and
fascinating to see how all these
embroideries are made.

Are you interested in embroideries:
www.lesbrodeusesparisiennes.com/

In deze film maken we kennis met de jonge Claire. Ondanks haar leeftijd, ze is amper 17, woont ze al een tijdje zelfstandig op een kamer in het provinciestadje Angoulème. Doordat ze alleen woont, kan ze voor haar omgeving verbergen dat ze al een tijdje zwanger is. Toevallig komt ze in contact met mevrouw Melikian, een ietwat oudere vrouw die een atelier runt waar zij werkt aan jurken voor topdesigners uit Parijs. Mevrouw Malikian heeft net haar zoon verloren en neemt Claire onder haar hoede.

Hele mooi film, interessant en boeiend tegelijk.

Leuk om te zien hoe al de borduursels

worden gemaakt.

Embroided shawl!



Old postcards of Venice!

1908



1908/1910



1908