tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84651224286222186342024-03-05T23:00:12.000+01:00Xin-Feng's blog in English<b><i>Xin-Feng's blog in English</i></b><br>
Life with Frank and Anita Meulstee, Chimay (a smooth Chow Chow) and Ari (a Pekingese) in Lelystad, the Netherlands.<br>
Walking the dogs, enjoying the garden, reading some booksAnitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570610746918059163noreply@blogger.comBlogger248125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465122428622218634.post-62328746400574984752013-08-21T15:00:00.000+02:002013-08-22T12:02:30.371+02:00from Pekingese Ari's diary(August 21st, 2013)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I am bored... Even outside there is nothing going on...<br/>
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But... wait a minute... Do I hear someone coming this way?<br/><br/>
Hey, there is Els! I have to talk with her!<br/>
<b>Wroof, arf arf woof, arf wroof</b>!<br/><br/>
She does not understand me, but she knows what I mean.<br/>
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Even more fun, Jenny is with her :-)<br/>
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An irresistible smell reaches my nose, she is in heat.<br/><br/>
Oh Jenny, I love you, I need you, I adore you, your lover I want to be,<br/>
please, would you come in my garden to play with me....<br/>
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Life is hard, Jenny goes for a walk with Els.<br/>
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<b>sigh</b><br/><br/>
Going to sleep, then I can dream of Jenny...<br/>
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I met Anne through the mail and later we followed eachothers weblog, as Doobie has his own <a href="http://doobieamsterdam.blogspot.nl/">weblog</a>. Today they came to visit us!<br/><br/>
A first meeting is exciting, but soon enough we talked like we had known eachother for years.<br/><br/>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Doobie</i><br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflwSE5K6QPp87FpCDnyzvt5aWm30zRfzwhBjdTk2lP_EeOerH3GZPLGm223wp0cHixIbYgS7W6FQ35J75ZO3Exrtyr9CCatWxXEPvicuxhVS5T7THq50h3ascZucdnRK5rNoxhTGcGdo/s1600/130810-2-Doobie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflwSE5K6QPp87FpCDnyzvt5aWm30zRfzwhBjdTk2lP_EeOerH3GZPLGm223wp0cHixIbYgS7W6FQ35J75ZO3Exrtyr9CCatWxXEPvicuxhVS5T7THq50h3ascZucdnRK5rNoxhTGcGdo/s400/130810-2-Doobie.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
Ari did not like to share HIS garden with an other male...<br/>
Doobie did not care, he just wanted to play!<br/>
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Our house was still a bit warm, there was too much wind to sit comfortable in the garden, so we spend most of the evening in our garden house. We can talk about Chow Chows for hours, and so we did ;-)<br/>
Chimay avoided the camera, but I got her on this picture:<br/><br/>
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Doobie did write about our meeting at his <a href="http://doobieamsterdam.blogspot.nl/2013/08/my-first-encounter-with-grandma-and.html">weblog</a>.Anitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570610746918059163noreply@blogger.com3Ringdijk 305, 8244 BK Lelystad, Nederland52.4970031 5.421456300000045332.4756721 -35.887137699999954 72.5183341 46.730050300000045tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465122428622218634.post-84817203715393270062013-07-11T22:30:00.000+02:002013-08-07T23:04:21.319+02:00two Pekingese back homeBack at Jolanda's place in Almere, she put her Pekingese outside, as her male does not like to have Ari in HIS home. They did not agree!<br/><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">six Pekingese want in!<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4ZZbbKmV3odmwjv06wZIVy9K8IK97mAu0NwLtN_U9VMGQclZUkRMUde3WcsXj11rAKOvgX1ZAp8a6h0uMt-L2xiRI7JNbVEicanqXqLEWC_QGO8wOJAEhLxjWnL5ngaMHK2pp2874Dg/s1600/130711-41-wij-willen-naar-binnen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4ZZbbKmV3odmwjv06wZIVy9K8IK97mAu0NwLtN_U9VMGQclZUkRMUde3WcsXj11rAKOvgX1ZAp8a6h0uMt-L2xiRI7JNbVEicanqXqLEWC_QGO8wOJAEhLxjWnL5ngaMHK2pp2874Dg/s400/130711-41-wij-willen-naar-binnen.jpg" /></a></div>
That reminded me of a picture of our <a href="http://www.xin-feng.nl/en/210e-a-litter.html">A-litter</a>:<br/><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">six Chow Chow pups want in!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN7RHPOPZzFYY_4pzcltcz8Xt8tHUx6UXaUepFolpbj-HIwQu3nMYpJRNlE32AiIVBj8Fh9btI9KL1VYuJTtJIc37D6_0RACaeNunR83f9l9ebdg3QdZdsoOxukFyZAhYrhopb0KpuBwY/s1600/19980906-XFA-wij-willen-naar-binnen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN7RHPOPZzFYY_4pzcltcz8Xt8tHUx6UXaUepFolpbj-HIwQu3nMYpJRNlE32AiIVBj8Fh9btI9KL1VYuJTtJIc37D6_0RACaeNunR83f9l9ebdg3QdZdsoOxukFyZAhYrhopb0KpuBwY/s400/19980906-XFA-wij-willen-naar-binnen.jpg" /></a></div>Anitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570610746918059163noreply@blogger.com2Almere, Nederland52.371353 5.22212400000000852.371353 5.222124000000008 52.371353 5.222124000000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465122428622218634.post-37569421614877259712013-07-11T22:00:00.000+02:002013-08-04T23:44:19.554+02:00three Pekingese in the zoo - part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">donkey<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmiM5ahkz4dvgsSUpUCM12c9mipfc0cMQ66eFaAQPiRF-9IXylp2zurBrzZ3JJm7Q5vQOh4nYw0oDY929uWY-dyE50oAgRizZJa2o5BC3dHgwedq2icdDrDM7MOWCl4Tgh_d-A4CCVlk/s1600/130711-22-dwergezel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmiM5ahkz4dvgsSUpUCM12c9mipfc0cMQ66eFaAQPiRF-9IXylp2zurBrzZ3JJm7Q5vQOh4nYw0oDY929uWY-dyE50oAgRizZJa2o5BC3dHgwedq2icdDrDM7MOWCl4Tgh_d-A4CCVlk/s400/130711-22-dwergezel.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
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<br/>We have put the strollers aside to look a bit closer at the donkeys.<br/><br/>
It took a while but Ari got it about half way: we are here to watch and smell all kinds of strange living creatures!
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The Siberian tiger is really majestic!<br/>
Look at those paws!<br/>
There were two of them, but the other did not like to be photographed. This one stood still for a moment so I (and many others) could take a picture.
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So much going on at the baboons,<br/>even the Pekingese were briefly interested.<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Z24kPZa6krAwbJHx_uG8W12W2zLEo36Z2fu30lw75EXTyniXhVrllwMmrzZDyy3TiSpQiph6OqYFz_dKzsvsM9GnLqvlyaCR6__U7rUlBPU2MtqHH-QFDvgr3lSbQxX5u9edqHh_tKw/s1600/130711-26-bavianen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Z24kPZa6krAwbJHx_uG8W12W2zLEo36Z2fu30lw75EXTyniXhVrllwMmrzZDyy3TiSpQiph6OqYFz_dKzsvsM9GnLqvlyaCR6__U7rUlBPU2MtqHH-QFDvgr3lSbQxX5u9edqHh_tKw/s400/130711-26-bavianen.jpg" /></a></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Three days ago a Grèvy zebra was born. His mom kept him in the center<br/>of the enclosure, away from the other animals and the public.<br/>Some other Grèvy zebras came closer to us.<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEp7oKeYjg7pO71Rd6spZVE3pWX0_6t38H9_89Ffu7OOVHWHvFg-pgBgz3qzuE4cpOlb9Jqt4MmvM3s5M_Dl6RPERwZVNyABHB93FL4KmDkyScxpCmjaxxOVNVYG0QzCKKh93ygJ-fkE/s1600/130711-29-grevy-zebra-met-veulen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEp7oKeYjg7pO71Rd6spZVE3pWX0_6t38H9_89Ffu7OOVHWHvFg-pgBgz3qzuE4cpOlb9Jqt4MmvM3s5M_Dl6RPERwZVNyABHB93FL4KmDkyScxpCmjaxxOVNVYG0QzCKKh93ygJ-fkE/s210/130711-29-grevy-zebra-met-veulen.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhLFpwh1dWDpABhXehXKYw0W85UXvhMnSM_hIXrr_NrwPPwT0DQuFz0yBrZz6ZN5rpv-Lq-k3ZZvSkRCR4zOzzsfpN1T7yXP2uRHERTdaeHhF9w-xpxqurOFhL3DcmiG-aQmFKQ52DV8/s1600/130711-30-grevy-zebras.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhLFpwh1dWDpABhXehXKYw0W85UXvhMnSM_hIXrr_NrwPPwT0DQuFz0yBrZz6ZN5rpv-Lq-k3ZZvSkRCR4zOzzsfpN1T7yXP2uRHERTdaeHhF9w-xpxqurOFhL3DcmiG-aQmFKQ52DV8/s210/130711-30-grevy-zebras.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWQaTAKxsPQrFDtHzSR8l02BOjGOUPoU8ZG8cs4bBlUPvwvatyQfsXl8dZwNt3hsJ_YgeesumLhmklOFBkIo1rsROArhIV63TW4AAbvUsGaRq9_hxwqRs8Or8r72_LDMvp5Gua_F20_4/s1600/130711-31-grevy-zebra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWQaTAKxsPQrFDtHzSR8l02BOjGOUPoU8ZG8cs4bBlUPvwvatyQfsXl8dZwNt3hsJ_YgeesumLhmklOFBkIo1rsROArhIV63TW4AAbvUsGaRq9_hxwqRs8Or8r72_LDMvp5Gua_F20_4/s320/130711-31-grevy-zebra.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">yellow mangoose (aka red meerkat)<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVX7h6D3tQYVuw8_odZqqH9xP1UzZt6u6OZSeiHAf5vBHqRq9Y6IvPfU8Iv68U8rB0BF52mtfdIo3bJe0WnCCLPr2HJAe14eVGsoRbZBJ3sqKVYHVNnsnKHomUR1IGY0itPm7DN0pp3ok/s1600/130711-33-vosmangoest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVX7h6D3tQYVuw8_odZqqH9xP1UzZt6u6OZSeiHAf5vBHqRq9Y6IvPfU8Iv68U8rB0BF52mtfdIo3bJe0WnCCLPr2HJAe14eVGsoRbZBJ3sqKVYHVNnsnKHomUR1IGY0itPm7DN0pp3ok/s400/130711-33-vosmangoest.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
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You can go up at the other side of the enclosure where the Grèvy zebras and the giraffes are, there you can look the giraffes in the eye ;-)
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Both spotted hyenas were sleeping.<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Wsg_N0fghGlbcOgI1EASQLJvpTIF0W6cIqCu6BEC-ANSMsCJTX4jekaDPMgycXXj0alZDJl-YEKDc3P0fn_y8n2e9vRhVoQCiphX_shvIK-wJ1oi5uqY4eiTLSxD1pI8o-hqMrbOuxs/s1600/130711-36-gevlekte-hyena.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Wsg_N0fghGlbcOgI1EASQLJvpTIF0W6cIqCu6BEC-ANSMsCJTX4jekaDPMgycXXj0alZDJl-YEKDc3P0fn_y8n2e9vRhVoQCiphX_shvIK-wJ1oi5uqY4eiTLSxD1pI8o-hqMrbOuxs/s210/130711-36-gevlekte-hyena.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8527SGUnxBGwWUuOjrfJOksXD3nX-n2j5oEwnsPUUDk6QsE9UZDsXl3Kwsyvp5JbNKrLEpjcjwfJg4s3q3x1dXcWLfv_tv5zWOvcIcwtWy5vwhAiX_11Zl1-essOBWA-qrIscIfb17YQ/s1600/130711-37-gevlekte-hyena.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8527SGUnxBGwWUuOjrfJOksXD3nX-n2j5oEwnsPUUDk6QsE9UZDsXl3Kwsyvp5JbNKrLEpjcjwfJg4s3q3x1dXcWLfv_tv5zWOvcIcwtWy5vwhAiX_11Zl1-essOBWA-qrIscIfb17YQ/s210/130711-37-gevlekte-hyena.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
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It was a nice day in the Amersfoort Zoo. I really recommend a visit and it is nice that welbehaved dogs can accompany their owners!Anitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570610746918059163noreply@blogger.com2DierenPark Amersfoort, Amersfoort, Nederland52.1517543 5.34778000000005732.130417300000005 -35.960813999999942 72.1730913 46.656374000000056tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465122428622218634.post-58268389201061788782013-07-11T21:30:00.000+02:002013-08-05T10:20:40.760+02:00three Pekingese in the zoo - part 1I thought it would be fun to go to the zoo again. My last visit to Burgers Zoo was in 2005, together with <a href="http://www.xin-feng.nl/en/309e-zoo.html">Ine, Callisto and Chimay</a><br/>
Sadly dogs are not welcome in that zoo anymore. But two in two other zoo's dogs are still allowed: <a href="http://www.dierenparkamersfoort.nl/">Amersfoort Zoo</a> and <a href="http://www.ouwehand.nl/">Ouwehands Zoo</a> in Rhenen.<br/><br/>
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Jolanda thought it would be nice to go together, she and her husband own six Pekingese, among them two sisters of Ari: Sacha, Ari's litter-sister and Dunja, his half-sister (same sire).<br/>
These two went with us to the Zoo in Amersfoort.
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We picked a good day, after some warm days, it had cooled down this day. But Pekingese legs are short and a whole day walking around is a bit too much asked. So we took the strollers with us.<br/><br/>
Sacha and Dunja sit together in the big stroller...
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The fist animals we saw were the brown bears.
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Those were mighty big animals, smelling weird!<br/>
Ari was a little overwhelmed.<br/>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br/>We stood a while at the Asian elephants.<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyquKKx9UIen5WpHmcYzx5ZpbpunzCNO31sVSKzNauz_VVNtbmbhtJWNORE5QuzgYn_GZSzNrGmYxj5P0DQGwVhjxoV4WYwTZmO9lub1zqnd9QflzN5VC1nXZJsnC7dNFRTsQtYuYoAoI/s1600/130711-09-aziatische-olifanten.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyquKKx9UIen5WpHmcYzx5ZpbpunzCNO31sVSKzNauz_VVNtbmbhtJWNORE5QuzgYn_GZSzNrGmYxj5P0DQGwVhjxoV4WYwTZmO9lub1zqnd9QflzN5VC1nXZJsnC7dNFRTsQtYuYoAoI/s200/130711-09-aziatische-olifanten.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXnProhwwuRuKVJ2FRObulh1MRIHnmHPRJTCKugdkJxvipeBNS1qgK6X4FTSD-K2SQCgDHCk0MxHowzx630OmbAvf9TReoTxEWaZi0dwGUBOrhfFtkXtptuu5wPeRBSQElZInanbN7fk/s1600/130711-10-aziatische-olifanten.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXnProhwwuRuKVJ2FRObulh1MRIHnmHPRJTCKugdkJxvipeBNS1qgK6X4FTSD-K2SQCgDHCk0MxHowzx630OmbAvf9TReoTxEWaZi0dwGUBOrhfFtkXtptuu5wPeRBSQElZInanbN7fk/s200/130711-10-aziatische-olifanten.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FrUwW_riBKHg1pyIP4vTV1U_xOqhggEp5i_gAsWM_3EAV5Zeeuou2avzEqdcUvq0kSBvVSVW-x-sATNxYbvL0NJQZlZ2ta2-s0FelxT3euBA4vrt-VScp5BuGwfjnUit9QpETuUqiTM/s1600/130711-11-aziatische-olifanten.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FrUwW_riBKHg1pyIP4vTV1U_xOqhggEp5i_gAsWM_3EAV5Zeeuou2avzEqdcUvq0kSBvVSVW-x-sATNxYbvL0NJQZlZ2ta2-s0FelxT3euBA4vrt-VScp5BuGwfjnUit9QpETuUqiTM/s400/130711-11-aziatische-olifanten.jpg" /></a></div><br/><br/>
The lynx live in a fairly spacious enclosue, at one side you can see them through the glass, at the other side through the wire.
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A beautiful Japanese garden with a pond where koi and sturgeons live.
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br/>Japanese macaque (or Snow monkey)<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mkP5A-JdUyIXSdjb2pQTckBT87AuEv6DwOBjpUGVumOSn99hRxb5_ouYo31C27EgFGYdsNUWkA8__LjFygx_yKqt894G-jk31bZSAcOp7PjBgXNeX_UX55Ric2OCCvo8IsrdFhjnxzo/s1600/130711-20-japanse-makaken.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mkP5A-JdUyIXSdjb2pQTckBT87AuEv6DwOBjpUGVumOSn99hRxb5_ouYo31C27EgFGYdsNUWkA8__LjFygx_yKqt894G-jk31bZSAcOp7PjBgXNeX_UX55Ric2OCCvo8IsrdFhjnxzo/s200/130711-20-japanse-makaken.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5mef04X4i9-5cIstbKWvrbwMzfN0pIX4jx-saTtcjg4QfkuX8HKUn1NYNhFD6ju-KRxkxOz8SgSO3tisXc-w_nZe6QJd7yZv18sIHHh_5tIaKTPbPJxzfHJ8dcyMo043Jl6xWEXYhwk/s1600/130711-21-japanse-makaken.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5mef04X4i9-5cIstbKWvrbwMzfN0pIX4jx-saTtcjg4QfkuX8HKUn1NYNhFD6ju-KRxkxOz8SgSO3tisXc-w_nZe6QJd7yZv18sIHHh_5tIaKTPbPJxzfHJ8dcyMo043Jl6xWEXYhwk/s200/130711-21-japanse-makaken.jpg" /></a></div><br/><br>
to be continued
Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2DierenPark Amersfoort, Amersfoort, Nederland52.1517543 5.34778000000005732.1304298 -35.960813999999942 72.1730788 46.656374000000056tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465122428622218634.post-45617463069822457392013-06-30T22:59:00.000+02:002013-08-01T23:31:44.756+02:00all roses in my backgarden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rosa 'Schneewittchen' aka 'Iceberg'<br/>white, fragrant<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzl8IykMhPy8GUi29bxMY9h6gilhp-1C1f_HuLdhr-3TMHvDiPUEodCWmmdg9Tb7wHktJGB0BgeVK25-0Kxyxl6_5dm3cnLSZEWtgvza9z3Pk2Ts-co1O6HP5vPq1-L30a6IKDDVKgnkg/s1600/130630-01-rosa-Schneewitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzl8IykMhPy8GUi29bxMY9h6gilhp-1C1f_HuLdhr-3TMHvDiPUEodCWmmdg9Tb7wHktJGB0BgeVK25-0Kxyxl6_5dm3cnLSZEWtgvza9z3Pk2Ts-co1O6HP5vPq1-L30a6IKDDVKgnkg/s400/130630-01-rosa-Schneewitchen.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rosa 'Mein München'<br/>yellow with red, fragrant<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOlzWxYi7qjjHPeoyFLL-c0tVZK2Hhay14IY75TM6GE1KHCtp5wL5Aa-HzmWH0-Rx6Nu6lh5r_HrxKlYM6H4ovM4zLoRqyFrHydZ9_0R1sVTnCcQulxE6CQRWndCCP5XhyphenhyphenpRvEqVN9oB8/s1600/130630-02-rosa-Mein-Munchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOlzWxYi7qjjHPeoyFLL-c0tVZK2Hhay14IY75TM6GE1KHCtp5wL5Aa-HzmWH0-Rx6Nu6lh5r_HrxKlYM6H4ovM4zLoRqyFrHydZ9_0R1sVTnCcQulxE6CQRWndCCP5XhyphenhyphenpRvEqVN9oB8/s320/130630-02-rosa-Mein-Munchen.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rosa 'Nostalgie'<br/>white with red, fragrant<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXN0o5zq-DApUmDYEH_A32EPVozu1krgBrLR9eu-6H2bhDiPnsnOTpHYNfl25ewcPdhy4pQcDUN8T2LgCtIlt_KyXPI-38jg1cKeZrshblt9yo2ZRwRgN_sQTC46KLfwz2FFgNeIHOxyA/s1600/130630-03-rosa-Nostalgie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXN0o5zq-DApUmDYEH_A32EPVozu1krgBrLR9eu-6H2bhDiPnsnOTpHYNfl25ewcPdhy4pQcDUN8T2LgCtIlt_KyXPI-38jg1cKeZrshblt9yo2ZRwRgN_sQTC46KLfwz2FFgNeIHOxyA/s400/130630-03-rosa-Nostalgie.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rosa 'The Prince'<br/><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_C.H._Austin">David Austin</a> rose<br/>purple, strong spicy fragrance<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklcQpK7bDB0BA2PCWkM0XGNmzzW5v-_CcoFdhADyITHjyIDy-T2WRtsdqsGtJV4veDCO7HRKfngGbWb5b_qmwCpmOnBOP69_m66DPmjlwau08DqU46mghR53uSuVuaz-gphzmexfHiwo/s1600/130630-04-rosa-The-Prince.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklcQpK7bDB0BA2PCWkM0XGNmzzW5v-_CcoFdhADyITHjyIDy-T2WRtsdqsGtJV4veDCO7HRKfngGbWb5b_qmwCpmOnBOP69_m66DPmjlwau08DqU46mghR53uSuVuaz-gphzmexfHiwo/s400/130630-04-rosa-The-Prince.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rosa 'Easy Going'<br/>gold, fragrant<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPElo-ngiFVSTtjVq8cXs88OIjY0JuMmSUKa_NIY1F_cd9MkJbaG6lppWDFp1auN_PVEyStKd1sF63gybahh00RgU7kv_ol4c3V8VmvGqN8_R8T9zX_O_KkLexDXqOl7pL3oaRpxf5Jn4/s1600/130630-05-rosa-Easy-Going.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPElo-ngiFVSTtjVq8cXs88OIjY0JuMmSUKa_NIY1F_cd9MkJbaG6lppWDFp1auN_PVEyStKd1sF63gybahh00RgU7kv_ol4c3V8VmvGqN8_R8T9zX_O_KkLexDXqOl7pL3oaRpxf5Jn4/s400/130630-05-rosa-Easy-Going.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rosa 'Graham Thomas'<br/><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_C.H._Austin">David Austin</a> rose<br/>dark yellow, fragrant<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirboiGHAX7qe9hEn7pyh1jd-G2d__0LLtyOiWSqqO_0aV-JTzhXT43fAF8RLZOyQ_jpR-AzJzhAsItMx_Gu3bdTw8qSG63mcb1_PnL8tRRqSLeNn-g36d-h8YH3Qm7y-G0YMgIi_1dUA/s1600/Graham-Thomas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirboiGHAX7qe9hEn7pyh1jd-G2d__0LLtyOiWSqqO_0aV-JTzhXT43fAF8RLZOyQ_jpR-AzJzhAsItMx_Gu3bdTw8qSG63mcb1_PnL8tRRqSLeNn-g36d-h8YH3Qm7y-G0YMgIi_1dUA/s400/Graham-Thomas.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rosa 'Lichtköningin Lucia'<br/>yellow, fragrant<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEoAlXJy8tVGu2t580G0D9r-3fD97qz9FkTtG1Ji5plu3mJY_B6Ngl27b6wOWZe0oDFwh4sg7yCJoRku7v9usYjE3ktm7k3ZoviY4xCBfjV0ICDM_YmCPCqWZB7-kPQRbauiOPk3z27Fo/s1600/130630-06-rosa-Lichtkoningin-Lucia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEoAlXJy8tVGu2t580G0D9r-3fD97qz9FkTtG1Ji5plu3mJY_B6Ngl27b6wOWZe0oDFwh4sg7yCJoRku7v9usYjE3ktm7k3ZoviY4xCBfjV0ICDM_YmCPCqWZB7-kPQRbauiOPk3z27Fo/s400/130630-06-rosa-Lichtkoningin-Lucia.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">cutting rose, rosered, scentless<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwOALEgtH7k7RIjdyiLKsG52UviM8rcMYZUqZro1iZYzv_T4NRVIrA7sKHVyDJ0oc46fxSCQQLsp6SRYnvK2mk211PA0PhSD1oNQO5lUNCJnKkbL2bqIP0XacjJjXJ2QjoAiJVmzkdPs/s1600/130630-07-rosa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwOALEgtH7k7RIjdyiLKsG52UviM8rcMYZUqZro1iZYzv_T4NRVIrA7sKHVyDJ0oc46fxSCQQLsp6SRYnvK2mk211PA0PhSD1oNQO5lUNCJnKkbL2bqIP0XacjJjXJ2QjoAiJVmzkdPs/s400/130630-07-rosa.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">miniature rose, red, scentless<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpp7yHuTmSYf8FbdG4BlwaH9bNnI5Mj5ZU8PDVW9arVFdCbhLwlpUF3SFW6KrH7ctZk6h467SU5GZjyAX55ZkeIwA1iR7_Ew4y3C49JbRdtBcjgfKgiNFmhwDZxxO1Pr6f9WeVJvh2cc/s1600/130630-08-miniatuur-roos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpp7yHuTmSYf8FbdG4BlwaH9bNnI5Mj5ZU8PDVW9arVFdCbhLwlpUF3SFW6KrH7ctZk6h467SU5GZjyAX55ZkeIwA1iR7_Ew4y3C49JbRdtBcjgfKgiNFmhwDZxxO1Pr6f9WeVJvh2cc/s400/130630-08-miniatuur-roos.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rosa 'Isabel Renaissance'<br/>deep red, fragrant<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjC7pyjcZ68tvoFszixKl7nNEP3UYzVXPJC_Xfhf-41o3DkKLhO9aNdp8DTr3d_SExvvIRHZr1a_SMqxJ4hGryEEaUz_CZt5VXCVCwsnLBkpwRldQP2V1SbqZI2taIskc-dou-3DarEF0/s1600/130630-09-rosa-Isabel-Renaissance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjC7pyjcZ68tvoFszixKl7nNEP3UYzVXPJC_Xfhf-41o3DkKLhO9aNdp8DTr3d_SExvvIRHZr1a_SMqxJ4hGryEEaUz_CZt5VXCVCwsnLBkpwRldQP2V1SbqZI2taIskc-dou-3DarEF0/s400/130630-09-rosa-Isabel-Renaissance.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rosa 'Westerland'<br/>at first orane, later rose/yellow, fragrant<br/>at this picture the flower just opened<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-FSzNdXFQWemAEM1YDrYE0NapxNJRxwRlvHFyXU61BEbSFi1vvhG6Y5XusyE-4bBHura0Xm9dDKVaO3vkHAdROrdiR75pf9SHhqcbRCojg9hpVVel6Wutodf6HGCGtclm04t25k4EDgo/s1600/130630-10-rosa-Westerland-net-open.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-FSzNdXFQWemAEM1YDrYE0NapxNJRxwRlvHFyXU61BEbSFi1vvhG6Y5XusyE-4bBHura0Xm9dDKVaO3vkHAdROrdiR75pf9SHhqcbRCojg9hpVVel6Wutodf6HGCGtclm04t25k4EDgo/s400/130630-10-rosa-Westerland-net-open.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rosa 'Westerland'<br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNIrIehyphenhyphen4RnsXFG7NZGVx8A9PTPi7mJ-rHB_P-RFKmxet8i3wN5qUg6vltJm53xyzD1y766RajIT5N1NvFCXCWGBaVfDo3KSqiw8ospH5Eg1CfuFNSStgp3VkwV1cxIBNOnVp9_7J1vQ/s1600/130630-11-rosa-Westerland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNIrIehyphenhyphen4RnsXFG7NZGVx8A9PTPi7mJ-rHB_P-RFKmxet8i3wN5qUg6vltJm53xyzD1y766RajIT5N1NvFCXCWGBaVfDo3KSqiw8ospH5Eg1CfuFNSStgp3VkwV1cxIBNOnVp9_7J1vQ/s400/130630-11-rosa-Westerland.jpg" /></a></div>Anitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570610746918059163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465122428622218634.post-72215706753935295872013-06-07T20:00:00.000+02:002013-07-31T00:29:29.221+02:00Frank and Ari<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Nk47Cqyd-c/Ufg9KEe59hI/AAAAAAAAFIM/5QAOl_G3yRQ/s1600/130607-1-Frank-Ari.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Nk47Cqyd-c/Ufg9KEe59hI/AAAAAAAAFIM/5QAOl_G3yRQ/s320/130607-1-Frank-Ari.jpg" /></a></div><br/>Frank and Ari enjoy the nice weather. Frank on the swingcouch, Ari beneath.
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZzZb9Im-Cpo/Ufg9KM9rKyI/AAAAAAAAFIQ/BhLtMgueH-M/s1600/130607-2-Ari.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZzZb9Im-Cpo/Ufg9KM9rKyI/AAAAAAAAFIQ/BhLtMgueH-M/s320/130607-2-Ari.jpg" /></a></div><br/>If you didn't see Ari at the first picture: he is hiding behind Franks leg.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465122428622218634.post-37114871759847282942013-06-06T22:48:00.000+02:002013-07-30T23:13:07.026+02:00a lot of colors in the garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sOlr7UlfKKo/UfgeNrhfXuI/AAAAAAAADaI/VHUfolcCOII/s1600/130606-02-aquilegia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sOlr7UlfKKo/UfgeNrhfXuI/AAAAAAAADaI/VHUfolcCOII/s300/130606-02-aquilegia.jpg" /></a></div><br/>I like this blue-violet Columbine.
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C01-jtPbhoM/UfgeNhe1aSI/AAAAAAAADas/Xx0a4O57uBQ/s1600/130606-03-papaver-Gartenzwerg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C01-jtPbhoM/UfgeNhe1aSI/AAAAAAAADas/Xx0a4O57uBQ/s300/130606-03-papaver-Gartenzwerg.jpg" /></a></div><br/>Last week we went to the gardencenter, where we bought this small Papaver 'Gartenzwerg'.
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eg6zkO98dYY/UfgeOM9pdfI/AAAAAAAADaY/zycDKT8Q6J4/s1600/130606-04-phlox-subulata.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eg6zkO98dYY/UfgeOM9pdfI/AAAAAAAADaY/zycDKT8Q6J4/s300/130606-04-phlox-subulata.jpg" /></a></div><br/>Each year the creeping phlox gets larger and has more flowers.
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3FKsmp82Ams/UfgeOXGmFeI/AAAAAAAADaQ/XT3O9-ZAIfo/s1600/130606-05-schijnpapaver.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3FKsmp82Ams/UfgeOXGmFeI/AAAAAAAADaQ/XT3O9-ZAIfo/s300/130606-05-schijnpapaver.jpg" /></a></div><br/>The Welsh poppy pops up everywhere in the garden, I don't mind as I like these flowers.
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-29zwablJ1iw/UfgeRc2SAvI/AAAAAAAADbg/drB-juwBxrw/s1600/130606-14-Cerastium-tomentosum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-29zwablJ1iw/UfgeRc2SAvI/AAAAAAAADbg/drB-juwBxrw/s300/130606-14-Cerastium-tomentosum.jpg" /></a></div><br/>White flowers and silver foliage of the Snow-in-Summer (Cerastium tomentosum).
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-48Q_HDNsuaQ/UfgfYqSveoI/AAAAAAAADb4/dQ9qjy273w0/s1600/130606-18-paeonia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-48Q_HDNsuaQ/UfgfYqSveoI/AAAAAAAADb4/dQ9qjy273w0/s300/130606-18-paeonia.jpg" /></a></div><br/>I planted this Peonie in a container last year.Anitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570610746918059163noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465122428622218634.post-27157792305620383662013-05-23T17:30:00.000+02:002013-07-29T17:18:17.766+02:00Chimay and Ari sleeping<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a9TyVNKk4D8/UfaDq1l4pYI/AAAAAAAADZs/4E2R9nb6eaE/s1600/130522-4-Chimay-en-Ari-rusten.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a9TyVNKk4D8/UfaDq1l4pYI/AAAAAAAADZs/4E2R9nb6eaE/s400/130522-4-Chimay-en-Ari-rusten.jpg" /></a></div>Anitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570610746918059163noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465122428622218634.post-47977716592857437822013-05-22T21:30:00.000+02:002013-07-29T17:16:28.832+02:00last tulipsDe last tulips are blooming, this is my favorite tulip 'Groenland'. I planted these last fall at a rather shady spot, so they came up late.<br/>
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I thought I had lst my Iris Germanica. It was in the garden when we came here, but got lost when we changed the garden. But to my surprise it came up in an other corner of the garden, where was too much shade, so I replaced it to a more sunny spot. This year I was rewarded with many flowers!<br/>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aquilia<br/><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OnhoBcKCYzA/UfaAufo0QYI/AAAAAAAADZc/L14eG-Avsio/s1600/130522-2-akelei.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OnhoBcKCYzA/UfaAufo0QYI/AAAAAAAADZc/L14eG-Avsio/s320/130522-2-akelei.jpg" /></a></div>Anitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570610746918059163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465122428622218634.post-36262374064148819392013-05-16T22:00:00.000+02:002013-06-29T02:03:15.593+02:00Midweek in Sauerland, part 4: FrankenbergAfter my walk through Niedersfeld and a good breakfast, we went on our way to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenberg,_Hesse">Frankenberg</a>. A surprisingly beautiful old town, first we visited the Liebfrauenkirche.
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A lot of the art that once was in this church was destroyed in the Reformation in 1606, but a few sculptures of Tyle von Frankenberg (14th century) were spared. Here pictures of the statues of John the Baptist, an apostle and Christ.<br/>
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Gethsemane, also by Tyle von Frankenberg<br/>
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The stained glass was mostly destroyed too, the few remaining windows look pretty.<br/>
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<br/>And there was more: a richly painted ceiling, a very special organ (20th century) and art by Ansgar Nierhoff, sadly I have no pictures of his art.</div><br/><br/><br/>
After all nature of the past days it was good to see some culture ;-)<br/><br/>
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<br/>We walked back to the center of the town to see the town hall. Here a small tower on the back of the town hall, again both roof and wall covered in shingles.<br/>
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<br/>We had a cup of coffe at restaurant "Die Sonne Frankenberg" on the townsquare next to the town hall. The employees were baffled by these strange foreigners who kept sitting outside when it started to rain... But we were dry under a parasol.<br/>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After tis little break we drove on to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edersee">Edersee</a><br/>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">saw a bit of the roof of Schloss Waldeck<br/>
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<br/><br/>Back in Niedersfeld I finally wanted to know what was behind <i>my</i> initials... We had passed here a few times.<br/>
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<br/><br/>Oh, stupid me, I should have known: Ave Maria.<br/>
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<br/><br/>Looking inside is a bit disappointing after all the beauty we saw in the Liebfrauenkirche in Frankenberg!<br/>
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Last picture of our short vacation, Frank, Chimay and Ari at the Hillestausee, whrer we had again a nice walk.Anitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570610746918059163noreply@blogger.com0Frankenberg, Duitsland51.058993000000008 8.801378999999997250.899356000000012 8.4786554999999968 51.218630000000005 9.1241024999999976tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465122428622218634.post-21069384896116009012013-05-16T11:30:00.000+02:002013-06-24T22:22:31.489+02:00Midweek in Sauerland, part 3: a walk through Niedersfeld<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br/>Niedersfeld is a beautiful place, this is the view in the morning, when I walk the dogs.<br/>
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<br/>Today I walk to the village to get some bread and take some pictures. This path goes down to Niedersfeld.<br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the church<br/>
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<br/>A beautiful example of the typical slate shingles on roof and walls.<br/>
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<br/>A house with partly slate shingles on the wall and partly timbered.<br/>
Anitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570610746918059163noreply@blogger.com0Niedersfeld, Duitsland51.2611111 8.529166700000018951.2412376 8.48882620000002 51.280984600000004 8.5695072000000181tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465122428622218634.post-27558161845842847492013-05-15T21:41:00.000+02:002013-06-05T21:58:04.236+02:00Midweek in Sauerland, part 2: the Ettelsberg in WillingenWe got a tip of a friend, when she heard we were going to Winterberg: with the cable car to the top of Ettelsberg in Willingen would be worth the visit.<br/><br/>
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The dogs would be allowed in the cable car and walking down would be possible, even for Ari.<br/><br/>
So on Wednesday we drove to Willingen and we bought tickets for the cable car.<br/>
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Chimay LOVED the ride!<br/>
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Chimay and Frank<br/>
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Ari is a bit afraid of heights, so he was not too happy...<br/>
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But on the other hand Ari is very curious too, so he did look outside for a moment.<br/>
Brave Peke!<br/>
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Nearly at the top there is the Hochheideturm.<br/>
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The view up in the tower is truly amazing!<br/>
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Chimay up in the tower.<br/>
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Glass in the floor, so you can see down too.<br/>
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Frank, Chimay and Ari next to the cross that marks the highest point of the Ettelsberg: 838 meters!<br/>
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Ari had a great time when we walked down.<br/><br/>
I had Chimay on leash, so I could not take any more pictures.<br/><br/>
The path went from left to right with hairpin bends, but Ari took here and there a shortcut straight down and came proudly back to pick us up ;-)<br/>Anitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570610746918059163noreply@blogger.com0Hochheideturm, 34508 Willingen (Upland), Duitsland51.2777778 8.597499999999968231.2564558 -32.711094000000031 71.299099800000008 49.906093999999968tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465122428622218634.post-26677467156960004752013-05-14T19:05:00.000+02:002013-06-24T22:10:52.648+02:00Midweek in Sauerland, part 1: Niedersfeld, Hillestausee, Ruhr QuelleWe went to Sauerland in May. We stayed in a comfortable and spacious appartment in Niedersfeld (district <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterberg">Winterberg</a>) of the family <a href="http://www.booking.com/hotel/de/ferienwohnung-chalet.html">Altenbeck</a>. It has a small balcony with a great view:<br/>
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Very near is a smal dammed reservoir, the Hillestausee, were we had a nice walk around. Chimay next to the reservoir:<br/>
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Looking over the reservoir to the hills:<br/>
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After our walk we drove a bit around, stopped to see the source of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhr_%28river%29">Ruhr</a> (Ruhr Quelle):<br/>
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Then we drove along the <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruchhauser_Steine">Bruchhauser Stones</a>:<br/>
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In Winterberg we got our groceries, I took a picture of a typical house of the area, not only the roof is covered with slate shingles, the walls are covered with them too.<br/>
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Ilona with pup:<br/>
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Chinka with two of the pups:<br/>
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Nina with Dushi, she wil stay here:<br/>
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Frank with Diva:<br/>
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The sire of these beauties is Hary-Ming Snowstar Knut.Anitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570610746918059163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465122428622218634.post-77933796677906228642013-02-11T23:00:00.000+01:002013-04-30T11:50:53.160+02:00Vacation 2013 - part 3.6 - Titisee and FreiburgFor the last day we planned a trip to the famous Titisee. Turned out to be a big diappointment, not only because it was frozen so we were unable to see the "crystal clear" water, but mainly because it was one big tourist catching place, even in winter there must be payed for parking in the whole village. We decided right away to drive on. I took this picture of the Titisee from the car.<br/>
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We drove to the next big lake, the Sluchtsee, noting much going on over here...<br/>
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Frank and Anita next to the Sluchtsee<br/>
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So what to do? The city of Freiburg is not far away, maybe it is better there!<br>
The views on the way to Freiburg were great:<br/>
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Ou first impessions of Freiburg:<br/>
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When we waited for a traffic light I noticed we could see ourselves in a mirror ;-)<br/>
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First a walk along the river, appriciated by Chimay and Ari.<br/>
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Then to the center of the city, where the carnival parade just had ended, here and there we saw groups in their carnival outfit.</br>
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In the middle of a small river a granite statue of a crocodile:<br/>
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A bit further we walked past the oldest hotel of Germany, Hotel Bären:<br/>
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Meanwhile we did long for a good cup of coffee and found a nice place on the terrase of spezerei Manna. And a "little" something with the coffee...<br>
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More people coming from the carnival parade.<br/>
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Chimay was very friendly to this she-devil, she was allowed to pet her.<br/>
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The last pictures: a nice church with a statue in front of it.<br/>
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This was the end of a great vacation, the next day we went back home, it was sad to leave, we would have liked to stay a bit longer in the beautiful Black Forrest. Maybe one day we will go there again :-).Anitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570610746918059163noreply@blogger.com0Freiburg im Breisgau, Duitsland47.9990077 7.8421042999999647.8289687 7.51938079999996 48.1690467 8.16482779999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465122428622218634.post-33573117157378719622013-02-10T23:30:00.000+01:002013-04-28T20:24:07.669+02:00Vacation 2013 - part 3.5 - a walk in GutachAfter our failed trip to Austria the day before, we decided to have a quiet day. In the afternoon we walked a bit through Gutach.<br/><br/>
The river Gutach, the village is named after the river.<br/>
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Another beautiful farm in Black Forrest style:<br/>
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Frank with Chimay and Ari<br/>
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Sadly we did not plan well, it was the first day of the spring-holliday and half Europe was on its way to the snow, so we got stuck in an enormous traffic jam just before the Austian border. We made it barely into Austria, but returned there because Nathalie stranded somewhere else in the country in a traffic jam...<br/>
Now we hope one day the third try will be the charm.<br/><br/>
Not only Austrian number plates, also German, Belgian, Dutch, Swiss, Tsjech, Slovenian, Danish, half of Europe was in the traffic jam!.<br/>
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On our way back we stopped in Hagnau to take some pictures of the Bodensee.<br/>
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The German highland covered in snow and the pines of the Black Forrest.<br/>
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an old, beautiful conserved, rich city.<br/>
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My eye fell on goldsmith <i>Holland</i> and after that on the sign of Strauss clocks.<br/>
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Many houses were colored and with paintings, We saw Saint George and the dragon on more houses.<br/>
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City gate<br/>
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Timbered house (fachwerk)<br/>
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The Pulverturm<br/>
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Chapel next to the city wall<br/>
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On our way to Triberg it was obvious we were in cuckoo-clock country, a store full of them and the largest cuckoo clock of the world:<br/>
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Hard to see through the falling snow, but this is a part of the famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triberg_Waterfalls">Triberg waterfalls</a>:<br/>
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The water in the rivers was high, the past week it had been raining a lot. And a picture of the shopping street of Triberg.<br/>
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The journey went well and in the afternoon we reached the farm in Gutach. Our appartment was in a building next to the farm.<br/>
The Black Forrest was beautiful with dark pines and some green pastures on the lower parts. I thought to take some pictures later, but the next day it started to snow and the remaining days our view was like a winter wonderland!<br/>
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We were welcomed by the farmers son and Max, the old Bernese Mountain dog (nearly 12 years old!).<br/>
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Chimay loved the balcony, nice and cool with a nice view:<br/>
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This is the farmhouse, the "Blumbauernhof", a big farm as seen in the Black Forrest. The farmer raises Angus cows and makes great sausages, we tasted some that were very good!.<br/>
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Because of the snow in some shopping streets there were warning signs for "roof avalanches", I had at first no idea what that ment, but here a picture of the snow coming from the roof of the farm. You can see the big pile of snow on the left corner of the farm, not nice if you get that on your head!<br/>
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Every hour the red train passed through the valley.<br/>
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6GdCS8UKfss/UXef0AGWcbI/AAAAAAAADB8/3bGvZqNc7CQ/s1600/Blumbauernhof-Gutach-130207-05-ieder-uur-de-trein.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6GdCS8UKfss/UXef0AGWcbI/AAAAAAAADB8/3bGvZqNc7CQ/s400/Blumbauernhof-Gutach-130207-05-ieder-uur-de-trein.jpg" /></a><br/><br/>
Frank with the groceries.<br/>
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eRO5jReWuoY/UXef0ypVVCI/AAAAAAAADCQ/bVVFY4xEWi0/s1600/Blumbauernhof-Gutach-130208-03-Frank.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eRO5jReWuoY/UXef0ypVVCI/AAAAAAAADCQ/bVVFY4xEWi0/s300/Blumbauernhof-Gutach-130208-03-Frank.jpg" /></a><br/><br/>
Ari and Chimay on the balcony.<br/>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgheKgg-hZSy9GGnmq_VZPDhIMy3HaGfQn4EtxFA_6UhqqL4NkLQVAlYywszFUN65IPAC9idMJYcfCTni3QwhA99lU9xCQr8V61HOyB1c5OiNoktzfOp3tFfROth9OnddpFHZV8IKTIuYk/s1600/Blumbauernhof-Gutach-130210-06-Ari-en-Chimay-op-het-balkon.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgheKgg-hZSy9GGnmq_VZPDhIMy3HaGfQn4EtxFA_6UhqqL4NkLQVAlYywszFUN65IPAC9idMJYcfCTni3QwhA99lU9xCQr8V61HOyB1c5OiNoktzfOp3tFfROth9OnddpFHZV8IKTIuYk/s400/Blumbauernhof-Gutach-130210-06-Ari-en-Chimay-op-het-balkon.jpg" /></a>Anitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570610746918059163noreply@blogger.com0Gutach, Duitsland48.2486 8.211670000000026448.164008 8.0503085000000265 48.333192000000004 8.3730315000000264tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465122428622218634.post-58228330918743182372013-02-03T21:46:00.000+01:002013-02-28T22:05:54.727+01:00Vacation 2013 - part 2: change of plans...We would travel on Feburary 1st from Dresden to Merano (Italy). There we had booked a luxury hotel <a href="http://www.hoteltermemerano.com/">Therme Merano</a> for three nights to celebrate my 50th birthday.<br/>
<a href="http://www.hoteltermemerano.com/" imageanchor="1" ><img width="450" border="0" src="http://www.hoteltermemerano.com/cache/359f4dd39a56ea723457d9ac1bd1337e.jpg" /></a><br/>
Alas, it was not to be, Ari had not been well before we traveled to Dresden and in Dresden he became worse, his back hurted again. We did not dare to travel on, so on January 31th we drove back home and went to our veterinarian the next day.<br/>
Indeed, his backmuscle was all cramped again, Ari could barely use his backlegs. We got some extra painkillers and would see if he would improve in the next days.<br/></br>
This was very sad for Nathalie, who lives in Merano. I know her from LibraryThing and we would meet in real life during our stay in Merano.<br/>
We could not cancel our reservation at such a short notice, so we told Nathalie she could use (part of) our reservations (that included breakfasts & diners for two).<br/>
We were glad she did and had a well deserved "mini vacation" in her own town :-) <br/><br/>
And on my birthday we were at home, gladly no one knew!<br/><br/>
Ari improved a lot in a few days, so we decided to leave again to enjoy the last part of our planned vacation: 8 nights in the Black Forrest.Anitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570610746918059163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465122428622218634.post-24750779302083087312013-01-31T00:26:00.000+01:002013-02-22T00:36:58.363+01:00Vacation 2013 - part 1: DresdenFor my 50th birthday we planned a nice trip ;-)<br/><br/>
On January 29th we went to Dresden (Germany), main goal was a visit to the Karl May museum in Radebeul. I have always loved Karl Mays books. I have read over and over the 50 books translated in Dutch. At the moment I am re-reading some of them again.<br/><br/>
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l9qEHtMQm3A/USacx17gt0I/AAAAAAAAC5g/-sNuHINT4rU/s1600/karl-may-museum.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l9qEHtMQm3A/USacx17gt0I/AAAAAAAAC5g/-sNuHINT4rU/s320/karl-may-museum.jpg" /></a><br/>Karl May museum<br/><br/>
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HSaAhugSUK0/USacyUJIRDI/AAAAAAAAC5o/uh04zbUch-A/s1600/karl-may-bibliotheek.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HSaAhugSUK0/USacyUJIRDI/AAAAAAAAC5o/uh04zbUch-A/s320/karl-may-bibliotheek.jpg" /></a><br/>Library of Karl May<br/><br/>
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kApPwvm1U3c/USacyx1J_oI/AAAAAAAAC5w/LnSOiFd2sgA/s1600/karl-may-ontvangstkamer.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kApPwvm1U3c/USacyx1J_oI/AAAAAAAAC5w/LnSOiFd2sgA/s320/karl-may-ontvangstkamer.jpg" /></a><br/>reception room in Villa Shatterhand<br/><br/>
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4oL6IgzO-Ys/USaczCNAliI/AAAAAAAAC54/2j-UeIs8SSA/s1600/karl-may-entreebewijs.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4oL6IgzO-Ys/USaczCNAliI/AAAAAAAAC54/2j-UeIs8SSA/s320/karl-may-entreebewijs.jpg" /></a>my ticket<br/><br/>
It was great to visit the house of my childhood hero. The house is still as Karl May left it. In the garden is a big log cabn with much information about indian tribes at the time Karl May wrote about them.<br/><br/>
You can view my own photo's of the Karl May museam and Dresden <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/107856809157180924533/albums/5847533537920848721?authkey=CPHJu_ayvJqSJw">here</a>.Anitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570610746918059163noreply@blogger.com0Karl May museum51.095278684384589 13.64937147499995350.776562684384587 13.003924474999952 51.413994684384591 14.294818474999953tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465122428622218634.post-53293538257265268142012-12-20T14:37:00.001+01:002012-12-20T14:37:39.958+01:00Frank and Wilco went to IslayIn November Frank and Wilco went to Scotland for a short vacation.<br/>
Frank had his 51st birthday on November 25th and Wilco his 49th on November 28th, so together they are now 100 years! To celebrate this they planned a trip to the island Islay, as they both like the malt whisky's from Islay.<br/><br/>
It started not very well, as the KLM had cancelled their flight to Glasgow and forgot to tell them. So they were way to early on Schiphol for the next flight was in the afternoon. Their first day should have been spend in Glasgow, but instead was mostly spend on the airport. They were on time in Glasgow to catch the flight to Islay.<br/><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>two nights in B&B <a href="http://www.islaygrange.com/">The Grange</a> on Islay</i><br/>
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LwTlk7fi7PQ/UNLrYDllbNI/AAAAAAAACuM/CUp-nvzyZxE/reis-F%252BW-01-The-Grange.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="200" width="144" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LwTlk7fi7PQ/UNLrYDllbNI/AAAAAAAACuM/CUp-nvzyZxE/reis-F%252BW-01-The-Grange.jpg" /></a></div>
The first distillery they visited was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laphroaig_distillery">Laphroaig</a>, both Frank and Wilco own for life a square foot of land there and planted their flag!<br/>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fMusEJVIVwA/UNLrYyS9flI/AAAAAAAACuY/vvG8LPdb55I/s1600/reis-F%252BW-02-Laphroaig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fMusEJVIVwA/UNLrYyS9flI/AAAAAAAACuY/vvG8LPdb55I/s200/reis-F%252BW-02-Laphroaig.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fteRJp2S-TE/UNLrZ07XeOI/AAAAAAAACuk/KebHgc2Teu4/reis-F%252BW-03-Laphroaig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fteRJp2S-TE/UNLrZ07XeOI/AAAAAAAACuk/KebHgc2Teu4/reis-F%252BW-03-Laphroaig.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Frank and Wilco at their square foot at Laphroaig</i><br/>
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TRYsl1ozEKE/UNLrau0knjI/AAAAAAAACuw/xhfod24TI-E/reis-F%252BW-04-Frank-Laphroaig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="150" width="120" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TRYsl1ozEKE/UNLrau0knjI/AAAAAAAACuw/xhfod24TI-E/reis-F%252BW-04-Frank-Laphroaig.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8HYQAFf66dY/UNLrbN7IY5I/AAAAAAAACu8/rF3trd-x5vM/reis-F%252BW-05-Frank-Laphroaig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="150" width="120" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8HYQAFf66dY/UNLrbN7IY5I/AAAAAAAACu8/rF3trd-x5vM/reis-F%252BW-05-Frank-Laphroaig.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FBkivalv5oU/UNLr2NKcLSI/AAAAAAAACvU/6-UIZl6eoGw/reis-F%252BW-07-Wilco-Laphroaig.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="150" width="120" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FBkivalv5oU/UNLr2NKcLSI/AAAAAAAACvU/6-UIZl6eoGw/reis-F%252BW-07-Wilco-Laphroaig.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagavulin_distillery">Lagavulin</a>, where Frank tasted the best whisky at this trip, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardbeg_distillery">Ardberg</a></i><br/>
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FFh24MB2H6k/UNLr22YuqkI/AAAAAAAACvg/ZZEqB61uDlc/reis-F%252BW-08-Lagavulin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FFh24MB2H6k/UNLr22YuqkI/AAAAAAAACvg/ZZEqB61uDlc/reis-F%252BW-08-Lagavulin.jpg" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7g7ESjBU52M/UNLr3xmIjtI/AAAAAAAACvs/9zeNQMp5B9E/reis-F%252BW-09-Ardberg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7g7ESjBU52M/UNLr3xmIjtI/AAAAAAAACvs/9zeNQMp5B9E/reis-F%252BW-09-Ardberg.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>of course Frank and Wilco find the only brewery of Islay <a href="http://www.islayales.co.uk/">Islay Ales</a> too!</i><br/>
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yczihcCBNFc/UNLr4va1yvI/AAAAAAAACv4/TbVBZX3Pmpk/reis-F%252BW-10-brouwerij.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yczihcCBNFc/UNLr4va1yvI/AAAAAAAACv4/TbVBZX3Pmpk/reis-F%252BW-10-brouwerij.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>beautiful Islay</i><br/>
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YHCdXkfMKXc/UNLssnX0H6I/AAAAAAAACwI/trWk5_tUpe0/reis-F%252BW-11-Jura-aan-de-overkant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YHCdXkfMKXc/UNLssnX0H6I/AAAAAAAACwI/trWk5_tUpe0/reis-F%252BW-11-Jura-aan-de-overkant.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dwjueJHYG9s/UNLstAFADQI/AAAAAAAACwU/ckxNpEc-WCA/reis-F%252BW-12-uitzicht.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dwjueJHYG9s/UNLstAFADQI/AAAAAAAACwU/ckxNpEc-WCA/reis-F%252BW-12-uitzicht.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunnahabhain">Bunnahabhain</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caol_Ila_distillery">Caol Ila</a></i><br/>
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fgbQhv8edqo/UNLst_lrs3I/AAAAAAAACwg/s5xH7NcNvb4/reis-F%252BW-13-Bunnahabhain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fgbQhv8edqo/UNLst_lrs3I/AAAAAAAACwg/s5xH7NcNvb4/reis-F%252BW-13-Bunnahabhain.jpg" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Oan7okJKaIg/UNLsu0KADVI/AAAAAAAACws/8QAXZN4nleA/reis-F%252BW-15-Caol-Ila.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="120" width="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Oan7okJKaIg/UNLsu0KADVI/AAAAAAAACws/8QAXZN4nleA/reis-F%252BW-15-Caol-Ila.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>a picture of Frank and a beautiful sunset</i><br/>
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u_hwN8PQLSA/UNLtAma1IYI/AAAAAAAACxE/xZKmTOS3N8I/reis-F%252BW-14-Frank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u_hwN8PQLSA/UNLtAma1IYI/AAAAAAAACxE/xZKmTOS3N8I/reis-F%252BW-14-Frank.jpg" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aeQdy-ksERE/UNLtgyQYpSI/AAAAAAAACyY/EXbWlQzfJjE/reis-F%252BW-16-zon-onder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aeQdy-ksERE/UNLtgyQYpSI/AAAAAAAACyY/EXbWlQzfJjE/reis-F%252BW-16-zon-onder.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>an other attraction of Islay is the very old (800 AD) Keltic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kildalton_Cross">Kildaton Cross</a> next to the roofless remains of a church from the same time</i><br/>
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wOjyb5ZSMlU/UNLthpbKb6I/AAAAAAAACyk/ZyZ1hvQeVuM/reis-F%252BW-17-oud-keltisch-kruis-en-Frank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="200" width="160" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wOjyb5ZSMlU/UNLthpbKb6I/AAAAAAAACyk/ZyZ1hvQeVuM/reis-F%252BW-17-oud-keltisch-kruis-en-Frank.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Em1W8F3uIDY/UNL4Zp2-4AI/AAAAAAAAC2Y/puoptsoTv6c/reis-F%252BW-17-resten-oude-kerk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="200" width="120" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Em1W8F3uIDY/UNL4Zp2-4AI/AAAAAAAAC2Y/puoptsoTv6c/reis-F%252BW-17-resten-oude-kerk.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>the oldest distillery on Islay is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowmore_distillery">Bowmore</a></i><br/>
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VomJmzOLXJc/UNLtiHnHViI/AAAAAAAACyw/pUQvohuj4UE/reis-F%252BW-18-Frank-Bowmore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VomJmzOLXJc/UNLtiHnHViI/AAAAAAAACyw/pUQvohuj4UE/reis-F%252BW-18-Frank-Bowmore.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3QR7wf2as9g/UNLti7m1YoI/AAAAAAAACy8/fJ65K5czSVE/reis-F%252BW-19-Bowmore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3QR7wf2as9g/UNLti7m1YoI/AAAAAAAACy8/fJ65K5czSVE/reis-F%252BW-19-Bowmore.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>the youngest distellery is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilchoman_distillery">Kilchoman</a></i><br/>
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8YaITN6k1jc/UNLtjWrsZEI/AAAAAAAACzI/bXVsB8bW8Ng/reis-F%252BW-20-Kilchoman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8YaITN6k1jc/UNLtjWrsZEI/AAAAAAAACzI/bXVsB8bW8Ng/reis-F%252BW-20-Kilchoman.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>the last distillery visited was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruichladdich_distillery">Bruichladdich</a>, our late blue smooth Chow Chow Gladdich was named after this place.</i><br/>
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S4QSQ8bMOhw/UNLt-KPwdrI/AAAAAAAACzU/NnuBraCvcaM/reis-F%252BW-21-Bruichladdich.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S4QSQ8bMOhw/UNLt-KPwdrI/AAAAAAAACzU/NnuBraCvcaM/reis-F%252BW-21-Bruichladdich.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6Au88eZuxpk/UNLt-s0MF7I/AAAAAAAACzg/OWzcJvTV8Vo/reis-F%252BW-22-Frank-Bruichladdich.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6Au88eZuxpk/UNLt-s0MF7I/AAAAAAAACzg/OWzcJvTV8Vo/reis-F%252BW-22-Frank-Bruichladdich.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lVurCys-O3k/UNLt_WhlcPI/AAAAAAAACzs/idoQ7ehJjCQ/reis-F%252BW-23-Bruichladdich.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lVurCys-O3k/UNLt_WhlcPI/AAAAAAAACzs/idoQ7ehJjCQ/reis-F%252BW-23-Bruichladdich.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>the village <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowmore">Bowmore</a> with the church on the hill</i><br/>
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KY0S7klyABs/UNLuAUoImEI/AAAAAAAAC0E/DnHUvDfWxdU/reis-F%252BW-25-Bowmore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KY0S7klyABs/UNLuAUoImEI/AAAAAAAAC0E/DnHUvDfWxdU/reis-F%252BW-25-Bowmore.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aKL-BR-x3B0/UNLuerTYsSI/AAAAAAAAC1A/z2K9LpvxBUM/reis-F%252BW-26-kerk-Bowmore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="134" width="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aKL-BR-x3B0/UNLuerTYsSI/AAAAAAAAC1A/z2K9LpvxBUM/reis-F%252BW-26-kerk-Bowmore.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>no Gladdich, but a street named Sraid A' Chladaich and an old synagogue</i><br/>
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-irUD1IsXZV0/UNLt_7xrNfI/AAAAAAAACz0/5LMBjxDl6TI/reis-F%252BW-24-Sraid-A-Chladaich-straat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="200" width="160" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-irUD1IsXZV0/UNLt_7xrNfI/AAAAAAAACz0/5LMBjxDl6TI/reis-F%252BW-24-Sraid-A-Chladaich-straat.jpg" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x5_hbQSle4o/UNLua49QrvI/AAAAAAAAC0Q/4Gxpt4m4Rco/reis-F%252BW-27-oude-synagoge-Bowmore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="200" width="133" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x5_hbQSle4o/UNLua49QrvI/AAAAAAAAC0Q/4Gxpt4m4Rco/reis-F%252BW-27-oude-synagoge-Bowmore.jpg" /></a></div><br/>
In two days Frank and Wilco saw all Islay distilleries and visited a few of them, sadly they had to leave Islay and went back to Glasgow.<br/><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Islay Airport</i><br/>
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One night in Glasgow and some time for sightseeing and shopping!<br/><br/>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Frank in Glasgow with his new Sherlock Holmes hat</i><br/>
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And then back home, Chimay, Ari and I were very happy when Frank returned!<br/><br/><br/>
Many thanks to Wilco for the pictures.<br/>
Website of Islay <a href="http://www.islayinfo.com/">www.islayinfo.com</a>Anitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570610746918059163noreply@blogger.com0Islay, Scotland, United Kingdom55.7362535 -6.177066999999965455.164472999999994 -7.4679604999999656 56.308034 -4.8861734999999653