A day spent with Anja and her husband Huib at the Arnhem Open Lucht Museum (the Open Air Museum), a place where period homes/buildings/windmills were moved for preservation.
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| This home, I was told, held 11 people. The brick portion on the right is the home, the black planked portion was the attached barn. And I complain about not having two bathrooms. |
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| speculaas molds |
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Poffertjes making
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| Poffertjes- A bit like a puffy silver dollar pancake, a bit like a flattened doughnut hole drowning in butter and loaded with confectioners sugar. It's rough trying new things. |
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| Oom Hans was given a good gift of art that was made by Oma's brother that died during the war, his namesake. |
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| The laundry house |
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| I climbed to the middle of a windmill and looked out the window- and even half way up we were in the canopy of trees. |
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| I don't know which photo I like better, so here's both. |
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| oh my. |
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| This is a bit of an trick on your eyes as you will see. |
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| Another trick was just how REAL these wax people looked! |
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| For the maple-syrup making men in my life, I took these pictures. These are the syrup making tools of the Netherlands- but not using maple trees, but apple trees. They make Appelstroop- a sort of thick, molassesy syrup made from apple juice. It's delicious. We would eat it on toast (big surprise!) growing up. |
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| Yet ANOTHER trick for the eyes- the facade in front made a home look grandiose but behind the walls... |
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| the small house was separated from the small barns by a small courtyard. I love it! |
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| When someone suggested we stand by the antique car and we all stood in FRONT of the antique car, covering it up entirely. |
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| We stayed until closing and caught the last train to the entrance. |
Amazing! Beautiful! I'm so giddy with excitement for you that you got to make this incredible trip. <3
ReplyDeletegreat to see the pictures of the “open lucht museum” in Arnhem. Been there about 50 years ago with school. I remember that i have bought a souvenir, a “Zaanse pijp”, a long chalkstone pipe, wich was already broken before I got home. A friend hit me with that pipe on my head as a joke.....
ReplyDeleteAnd that last train you had.... that was an old tram in Rotterdam, I remember them because it was my daily transport to school in the sixties.
Great, that piece of art for Johan from his uncle Johan. We didn’t know that there was a painter in the family.
Looking forward to your next post....!
Post-Holland highest-priority additions to your Honey-do List must be, but are not be limited to, the following:
ReplyDeleteShaped shrubbery! (Preferably with at least one maze peopled with fantastical creatures.)
A stone courtyard in between your house and the chicken coop. (With flowers, of course!)
A working windmill. (C'mon, you know you want one.)
Really enjoying all your photos from your trip! Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful! I love the interior of the house at the top of your line of photos...the Delft tile. Swoon. So lovely, Rebecca! All of it!
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