Month: June 2015

—  By Helm and Crew

Returning Catharina Elisabeth

Just about to leave. It will be no surprise that we have themed this year’s cruse “Returning Catharina Elisabeth”: – to her original name, – her original home, – and her original cargo. So this will be a short discourse. Everything seems to be arranged, and…
—  By Helm and Crew

Cheese and Catharina

If the Dutch are about anything, they are about cheese. Lisette claims that “Kaas”, the Dutch word for cheese, is the first Dutch word that she learned. Certainly, it is central to Dutch life. Some of the oldest evidence of cheese-making is found in Holland, and Julius Caesar…