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clio
@clio
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Rotterdam, NL
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November 21, 2016
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clio
life
2019-01-31 09:15
Snow in the Morvan (Burgundy France), and not just a bit, but huge quantities
I have not written in months, but today I can not resist writing. There is so much snow in the Morvan (Burgundy, France) and it is so overwhelmingly beautiful that I have to share some photos with you
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life
2018-11-11 13:27
Auschwitz, will we ever learn?
Yesterday the participants of Steemfest 3 had the opportunity to visit Auschwitz/Birkenau. The German concentration camp in Poland. I read a post about this visit from my son Exyle and also the comments
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clio
live
2018-07-04 21:11
July 4, Independence Day in the US. We even celebrated this day in our hamlet in France. But the weather!!
Our American neighbors in our little hamlet in The Morvan (Burgundy, France) invited us for a hamburger dinner tonight, (what else would you eat on the fourth of July!) Of course, the American flag stood
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life
2018-06-21 20:47
The longest day and a amazing sunset in Burgundy France
Today, June 21, is the longest day. When I left the kitchen at 10 o'clock in the evening and went outside, it was still so light that I could read outside without the help of artificial light. I took some
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life
2018-06-07 20:40
Sam and cars. A real love story!
Next Saturday my husband Sjoerd and I will return to France. We have been here in the Netherlands for more than 6 weeks and have taken care of Sam a lot. We enjoyed it so much! I have been so busy that
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life
2018-05-24 12:09
Fun with toddler Sam, how we make memories for the future.
My daughter and her partner are still very busy with their new build house. Unfortunately, Murphies' law is still applicable and things go wrong. So Sjoerd, my husband and I are often asked to take care
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history
2018-05-14 15:32
Today it is 78 years ago that the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands was bombed. The hole center of the city was destroyed.
Rotterdam today remembers the bombing of the city 78 years ago. Four days after the start of the Second World War, the Germans bombed the city of Rotterdam to force the Dutch to surrender. And we did!
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life
2018-05-13 16:52
A delicious lunch with @exyle and his sister on Mother's Day
As a surprise, my daughter Eva and my son Mark (@exyle) invited me for a lunch on Mother's Day in a well-known fish restaurant in Rotterdam. My oldest son could not be present. He is on a well-deserved
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life
2018-05-05 12:50
What a joy! Grandson Sam and the tower ....
Our grandson Sam stays with my husband and me for two days. When he came, his mother brought him on her bike, he was thirsty. He drank his bottle as he stared at the tower that grandfather Sjoerd had built
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life
2018-05-01 14:48
Typically Dutch! Clouds, water and ships and some rain of course!
I want to share with you some pictures I made yesterday. I think you can only take those in Holland. Yesterday, my husband and I had to go to a little town in the middle of the Netherlands. When we came
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life
2018-04-27 13:16
King's Day in the Netherlands, flea markets everywhere. Today you can buy almost everything on the streets.
Sam with his crown for King's Day. Today, 27 April, it is King's Day in the Netherlands. The king and his family visit a city in the Netherlands and flea markets are organized in all other towns and villages.
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life
2018-04-21 09:16
Accidents do happen! But what a mess it can be. Or, why we treated ourselves to a delicious dinner.
Yesterday I wrote about our visit to the restaurant on the lake. I told you we thought we deserved it because of what happened that day. No one was hurt and we can laugh about it afterward, but it was
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life
2018-04-20 08:14
A fantastic evening at a unique restaurant in the Morvan. It is situated at a beautiful lake and the food is delicious.
Just before we go back to the Netherlands, and leave the Morvan (Burgundy/France) for about 6 or 7 weeks, we decided to dine in one of our favorite restaurants here in the Morvan. We thought we deserved
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life
2018-04-18 06:48
Can you believe it, this is also Rotterdam in the Netherlands
Here in the Morvan (Burgundy/France), the weather is nice, but fortunately, it is also nice in the Netherlands. Yesterday evening my friend of more than 40 years sent me this picture of "de Kralingse
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life
2018-04-15 07:40
Thoughts about life on a sunny Sunday morning and wonderful music from Allegri
It is a sunny Sunday morning here in the Morvan (Burgundy/France). It is only nine in the morning and it is already warm outside. I go outside and make the pictures for this post, but I cannot help but
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life
2018-04-10 14:56
Spring is in the air! There is a lot of work to do in our garden in France, but that's good for body and soul.
After a few beautiful days with a lot of sunshine, it is again raining a lot and if it isn't raining, like today, it is cloudy and colder than a few days ago. But, spring is in the air. I will show you
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life
2018-04-02 12:18
Nature will soon wake up. Can nature be compared to a lifetime?
My husband and I decided to go to our house in the Morvan/Burgundy/France for a couple of weeks. My mother had moved to a rehabilitation clinic and is well looked after by my four sisters. I am pleased
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story
2018-03-28 12:52
The Blockchain Memory Project. Why it is so wonderful and so special to be able to record your memories on the blockchain. Part 1
When I read @ericvancewalton's post about the Blockchain Memory Project, I thought: "he writes about something that was an important reason for me to take part in this platform in the first place".
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life
2018-03-17 22:57
At last, an other post after 9 days. Life can be too busy. Fortunately, you never know in advance what life has in store for you.
It is as it is, when I am in Rotterdam I have a very busy life and almost no time to write a post. Pixabay, TeroVesalainen I try to read blogs from the people I follow and I vote and try to comment, but
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life
2018-03-08 12:49
Today is International Women's Day. How is the situation of women on Steemit? Who knows?
Today is March 8, it is International Women's Day. I am not the first to mention it. I already saw a message from @lordoftruth and @meanmommy33 about the same subject. I think it's good to have this day,
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