One year ago I quit my job at the FD. Recently I spoke with an old colleague of mine. He warned me not to be too cynical about current day …
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31 dec
A good day to contemplate about things past. Did this partly by taking a walk, following the Loire river, to St. Benoit sur Loire, an abbey church that has the …
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30 dec
On the road again. We first drove to Nevers. It is a highlighted city in our Romanesq map, but when we finally parked our car in the shadows of its …
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29 dec
Frank Westerman is a fascinating dutch journalist. He studied cultural anthropology. He wrote books about the deserted northern part of the Netherlands that I read, but do not remember that …
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28 dec
Hanneke gave me the book ‘ Sleepwalkers’ for Christmas. It is a story about the way Europe sleepwalked into the First World War. La Grande Guerre as the French remember …
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27 dec
Another ivory bone of an elephant! That’s what Francois Mitterand must have thought when he visited another African country and got another of those enormous ivory bones as a present. …
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25/26 dec
Went for a few walks with Rob. I was kind of concerned after the last time I went for a walk. Was something like 20 kilometres, went fine, but my …
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24 dec
Read ‘De Erfgenaam’ today. A thriller written by Charles den Tex. I have read most of his books through his career. Starting with the book ‘Schijn van Kans’ a book …
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23 dec
What is a turkey in french? Important question when Christmas is coming up. At least in the Van Mierlo and Rezac household. We didn’t have a clue. Looking at all …
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22 dec
Sometimes pictures tell more than words. This is the place where we’ll stay the coming week. Our temporary home. Somewhere in the background to the right one can see our …
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