Delft!

Square in Delft!

Grote Markt, Delft!

Old houses near the Grote Markt!

Canal with some beautiful old houses!

Malcesine, Lake Garda!

One day in summer we were in Malcesine. It was very hot, 34 Celsius. Most people, mainly tourists, were sitting near the water or in the shade of the restaurants. Malcesine is a beautiful little village near Lake Garda, where you also can take a bus boat to the other side of the lake. 

Malcesine is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 120 km northwest of Venice and about 40 km northwest of Verona.
Malcesine lies on the shores of Lake Garda.
Its most prominent landmark is the Castello Scaligero, which has 13th-century fortifications and an older medieval tower. Remnants of an Etruscan tomb have been found within the castle walls. The castle was fortified by the della Scala family who ruled the region throughout the 13th century.
Other sights include the pieve of St. Stephen (8th century), the church of Santa Maria di Navene (11th century)
In 1786, Goethe was questioned by the local magistrate on suspicion of being a spy while drawing sketches of the castle.
Behind Malcesine rises the 1750 m-high Monte Baldo. Its summit is reachable through funivia, or cable car.
(bron: wikipedia)

Monte Baldo!

Milestones from the Roman period!

Near my home town old Roman milestones

have been found in excavations!

De mijlpalen stonden aan een Romeinse weg, die vanaf de kust bij Naaldwijk naar de Romeinse stad Forum Hadriani liep. Het was een standaard Romeins gebruik om langs de hoofdwegen om de Romeinse mijl een paal te plaatsen die de afstand naar de dichtstbijzijnde stad aangaf en bovendien de keizer eerde tijdens wiens regering de weg was aangelegd of gerepareerd. Hiervoor werd een lange inscriptie op de paal aangebracht met de naam van de keizer en al zijn eretitels. Aan de hand van de functies die een keizer een bepaald jaar bekleedde kan een mijlpaal gedateerd worden.

The milestones were on a Roman road leading from the coast near Naaldwijk to the Roman town Forum Hadriani. It was a standard Roman practice, along the main roads to the Roman mile pole for holding a distance to the nearest town and was also to honour the emperor during whose reign the road was constructed or repaired. For this was a long inscription on the pole providing the name of the emperor and all his honors. On the basis of the functions that an emperor held a given year a milestone is dated.

Milestone of Monster!

Replica Roman milestone found at the same
place were it is standing now in The Hague,
near Wateringen.

Snowy picture!

Nice winter landscape!

The girl with the pearl earring! Johannes Vermeer! The movie!

A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works. The movie has been recorded also in Delft and you can see beautiful sights of Delft.

Scene from the movie!

Scarlett Johanson
as The girl with the pearl earring!

Painting of Johannes Vermeer!
Girl with a Pearl Earring

(Meisje met de parel)
c. 1665-1667
oil on canvas
18 1/4 x 15 3/4 in. (46.5 x 40 cm.)
Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis,
The Hague

Chaudfontaine!

Last year we have visited: Chaudfontaine.
Chaudfontaine is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège.
Some of its most well-known enterprises are Galler chocolates, Magoteaux and Chaudfontaine drinking waters.





Well known of his mineral water!