Ingrid, Judith and I have just had dinner with Jeroen, Levien and Sera. Trout a la Jeroen - done with tomato, onion and lots of parsely and even more garlic, then eaten with Turkish bread. I have never been particularly partial to trout but this was delicious. I am now doing the necessary job of keeping the blog updated while the others do the cleaining up and packing the dish washer.
Ingrid, Vince, Jeroen and I spent most of the afternoon (the weather was miserable) looking around the Thermo Museum in Heerlen and chatting over coffee and Limburgse vlaai while Judith, Levien, Marjoke and Ruben went off and did more interesting things.
Yesterday (Wednesday) we all went by bus to Maastricht where we looked at some of the oldest parts of the city - the first church, the city wall - what's left of it. When walking around these old cities you really feel yourself in the presence of history. Of course we also did a lot of eating and drinking and talking and laughing. Posting pictures will have to wait till I get back to Canada.
Now I have to get back to the others. Judith is on a mission to teach everyone Euchre. Filling in the gap between yesterday and Christmas will have to wait for another time.
Tomorrow we drive back to Blaricum and Opa, and a visit from Jan Haen, the priest who led the ceremony for Oma's cremation.
Terry
