Category: Netherlands

1916-1960 Historic Photographs

The Dutch have a strongly developed sense of patrimony, recording details of past events. The town of Alkmaar has an extensive photo archive and when we searched this we found several photos of Catharina Elisabeth. Many of these we identified by the features we recognise…
—  By Ian

Visiting Utrecht (26/06 – 30/06)

Migennes – Utrecht – Migennes Getting to Utrecht We wanted to have a convenient and economical means to get to Utrecht to visit our great friends, Michel and Rebecca. After a bit of research, we settled on using a Flix bus. They have a direct,…
—  By Helm and Crew

Into Belgium: 28-29/8

Off to the wilds The next part of the journey was to take place in and around busy commercial routes. We’d become more comfortable around the big barges, and over this section, relaxed further. The commercial canals and waterways in the Netherlands are large and…