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Category Archives: history
Farewells in 2020
It’s been a strange year. There’s been the pandemic to cope with, I’ve had some mental health struggles, we have bought a new house in Nijmegen and plan to leave Amsterdam in the new year. As if that wasn’t enough … Continue reading
Llamas, Outrageous Wealth and The Black Death
It’s a first! pet-sitting llamas in deepest Peru, I mean deepest Hertfordshire. Continue reading
Posted in Animals, history, lifestyle, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Aldwick village, black death, hertfordshire, home counties, house-sitting, llamas, plague village, Rothschilds, tourism england, tring, waddesdon manor
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Tiptoe Through the Tombstones
Pumpkins, spiders and zombies galore! Halloween is coming up. Did you know that the original Hallowmas, (the evening before the Christian festival of All Hallows) was a time to remember deceased loved ones or saints. It had nothing to do … Continue reading
Posted in history, lifestyle, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged All Hallows, Amsterdam graveyard, Halloween, Hallowmas, Huis te Vraag, Oud Zuid, Quiet Places, Rituals
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