Netherlands

Autumn has been with us for just over a week and the change in the colours surrounding us has been very quick. High winds are

The Weert skyline is dominated by the 78 metre high tower of Saint Martin’s Roman Catholic church in the centre of the city. We have

Yesterday, as guests of Stienen BE in Nederweert, Sanne & I along with around 50 colleagues were taken to Arcen for a tour of the

Don’t often get to see a hot air balloon so close. Drifting in from the north at around 2100hrs yesterday, it passed between us &

It’s been a month since acquiring my second-hand cycle, and I was aware at the time that it would need two new tyres before very

The Netherlands commemorates the victims of the Second World War and celebrates its liberation on two separate but consecutive days. We remember the Dutch victims

This pair of photographs was taken from our 5th floor apartment window, just about three months apart….freezing on 22nd January & over 20 degrees on

Yesterday I was introduced to my very first Dutch Carnival, apparently held in towns throughout the Netherlands during Lent. I’ve never experienced anything quite like

Warm sunny days & clear colourful evenings means that Spring has arrived early in Weert. So, today I decided to go for a decent walk

Since moving to the Netherlands late in 2018 & meeting the totally wonderful Sanne, I find myself in Weert, in the province of Limburg, a