On Saturday I rowed as usual and we had a dinner in the evening. On Sunday we messed around in the garden and enjoyed the fine weather with a barbecue. Yesterday we didn't do much at all to be honest..
Sounds like a great weekend Rijst! Here in the States it was Memorial day honoring those who lost their life in service of the country. Do you guy's celebrate that as well? I know Canada has Victoria day the weekend before our Memorial day.
There are similar days here in the UK and in the Netherlands where I'm originally from. Both have it on different days though, in NL it's on the 4th of May and in the UK it's on the 11th of November. It's more of a memorial than a celebration, although on the 5th of May it's liberation day in the Netherlands where we celebrate being liberated from the Nazis.
Awesome I love learning about that stuff. I know a few European countries have a Liberation day, is that celebrated like we do Independence Day here in the States?
On an entirely different topic, How much of Europe have you traveled Rijst? I've had several friends and family live around Europe and travel through the years I can't wait to make my own trip. I'd love to see the cities in Ireland, Scotland, and Germany where my family is from. I'd also love to see where Hemingway hung out in Paris, Run with the bulls in Pamplona and all kinds of other things tourist do lol.
[Edit: Your quote boxes got fucked up, so I fixed 'em for you. -A.D.]
I haven't traveled much to be honest. The thing about Europe is that it's so diverse it's scary. My home country of the Netherlands alone feels so different after an hours drive while it's basically next door. Very flat, the people are direct and in my opinion a bit deluded but hey, maybe I'm the idiot.
I've been to one Greek island, Samos. Venice in Italy is beautiful but the canals smelled when I was there because it was very hot. I've driven around south-west Germany, that was lots of fun. Just find a camp site mid-afternoon and drink local wine and enjoy the scenery. I've seen bits of France and Spain but nothing extensive. Scotland is stunning, amazingly dramatic landscapes. The language is incomprehensible sometimes though but it sounds amazing. Someone I know said Scottish people talk like the landscape, it goes up and down in tone, it's brilliant.
Now I live in England, entirely different altogether, both in landscape as in culture. This September we're going to Tuscany in Italy for our honeymoon, I'm quite thrilled because that place has such an interesting history. We're going to see Machiavelli's house, I insisted on that.
I guess I've seen quite a lot but there's a lot I haven't seen. Like I said it's very diverse so you won't get bored of you ever make the trip.