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| As part of the heritage lesson all the kids and grandkids descended on Tromp Straat in Barendrecht - the street where Hank grew up. The lady who lives in their house now came outside to see what the excitement was about! |
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| The favourite swimming place for the young people in Hank's youth was here - the Ouwe Maas. The river is really a shipping passage - they used to swim across it. |
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| Everyone had a great time playing in the water and skimming rocks. Huge barges passed while we were there - you might notice one in the background. |
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| This is the weekly market in Houten.The stalls are set up in the town square of lots of towns on different places most days of the week.- so this is quite a common sight. Hank and our friend Ab are sampling the new herring - delicious! |
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| Ab and Willy took us out for chinese -we were really spoiled! |
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| A really good way to go sight seeing is on the bike.The countryside is flat and there are bike paths everywhere. |
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| Houten is in the province Utrecht where there are lots of castles.There is a real effort being made to renovate the old buildings and turning them into restaurants etc. |
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| A moat around another castle. Makes a pretty picture I thought. |
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| We stopped for an icecream after riding our bikes about 50 km.- a real achievement for us! No wonder most dutchies look so fit and slim - it was no big deal for our hosts. |
1 comment:
I am sorry but the pictures of the castle are not taken in Houten, but in Wijk bij Duurstede; and I doubt about the picture above them, I don't recognize it as Houten, also taken in Wijk bij Duurstede? greetings from Houten, André
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