December 2009
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“Essen und Trinken halten Leib und Seel zusammen” which means, “Food...”
– old German saying
Cozy Christmas Market
Ok it’s official. My christmas spirit has just kicked in full force! Our new German friends had been talking about these christmas markets that they had in Germany and I couldn’t wait to experience it first hand. I just arrived from a weekend in Aachen in Germany, (only a few hours away by car from Leiden) and let me tell you, I was not disappointed. Our hotel was just a 12 minute walk...
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A Visit to The Valk
When leaving the train station in Leiden one of the first things you see is this big old windmill. It’s a perfect welcome to the Netherlands and its name is The Valk. This past weekend we had a visitor in town and we were thinking of places near by to visit when it dawned on us that we should just be tourists in Leiden! So off to the Valk we went. This corn-grinding windmill celebrated its...
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