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APRIL 5, WEDNESDAY
LETTER TO MYRA Myra Downie VanUxam was a classmate of mine at Woodstock School from which we graduated 70 years ago. She heard about my daily posts somehow but had the wrong address Billy baba.com instead of billybaba.com. So she
APRIL 5, WEDNESDAY
LETTER TO MYRA Myra Downie VanUxam was a classmate of mine at Woodstock School from which we graduated 70 years ago. She heard about my daily posts somehow but had the wrong address Billy baba.com instead of billybaba.com. So she
APRIL 4, TUESDAY
A WALK THROUGH THE DUNES After walking yesterday in the park around the private great house near her home in Haarlem, Henny had one more place where she often walks to show us. She wanted us to take a walk
APRIL 4, TUESDAY
A WALK THROUGH THE DUNES After walking yesterday in the park around the private great house near her home in Haarlem, Henny had one more place where she often walks to show us. She wanted us to take a walk
APRIL 3, MONDAY
BUITENPLAATS ELSWOUT PARK In the morning Henny took us for a walk in a park near her home where she walks almost every day when she isn’t walking on the dunes or the beach. At the center of the park
APRIL 3, MONDAY
BUITENPLAATS ELSWOUT PARK In the morning Henny took us for a walk in a park near her home where she walks almost every day when she isn’t walking on the dunes or the beach. At the center of the park
APRIL 1, SATURDAY
NORTH TO BERGEN Again, we walked through the Saturday market beside the huge church, on our way to be picked up by Henny for another marvelous tour of her favorite places, this time to a town north of Haarlem on
APRIL 1, SATURDAY
NORTH TO BERGEN Again, we walked through the Saturday market beside the huge church, on our way to be picked up by Henny for another marvelous tour of her favorite places, this time to a town north of Haarlem on
MARCH 31, FRIDAY
FRANS HALS MUSEUM I had heard there was an exhibit of almost all the Vermeer paintings in Amsterdam while we were here and planned to go. But apparently it was sold out within two hours of the tickets being released.
MARCH 31, FRIDAY
FRANS HALS MUSEUM I had heard there was an exhibit of almost all the Vermeer paintings in Amsterdam while we were here and planned to go. But apparently it was sold out within two hours of the tickets being released.
MARCH 30, THURSDAY
AMSTERDAM Amsterdam is only a half hour from Haarlem, barely farther than the ride from Swannanoa to Asheville. The train was on time and comfortable. We arrived at the huge Amsterdam train station and walked out of the station to
MARCH 30, THURSDAY
AMSTERDAM Amsterdam is only a half hour from Haarlem, barely farther than the ride from Swannanoa to Asheville. The train was on time and comfortable. We arrived at the huge Amsterdam train station and walked out of the station to
MARCH 29, WEDNESDAY
HENNY AND BERTRAND’S HOUSE Henny and Bertrand’s house, which they bought a few years ago, is a marvelous house, partly because Bertrand constructed many of the furnishings himself. It has a small living room and kitchen and toilet on the
MARCH 29, WEDNESDAY
HENNY AND BERTRAND’S HOUSE Henny and Bertrand’s house, which they bought a few years ago, is a marvelous house, partly because Bertrand constructed many of the furnishings himself. It has a small living room and kitchen and toilet on the
MARCH 28, TUESDAY
HAARLEM BUILDINGS Just over the border, a short distance away, the white German houses with orange tiled roofs all appear exactly alike. And here in the Netherlands, with the same climate, the houses have a completely different look. There is
MARCH 28, TUESDAY
HAARLEM BUILDINGS Just over the border, a short distance away, the white German houses with orange tiled roofs all appear exactly alike. And here in the Netherlands, with the same climate, the houses have a completely different look. There is
MARCH 27, MONDAY
HAARLEM The more we wander in Haarlem the more interesting and beautiful the town reveals itself to be. The first Airbnbs we looked at were on the edge of town, but the one we finally settled on, and the cheapest
MARCH 27, MONDAY
HAARLEM The more we wander in Haarlem the more interesting and beautiful the town reveals itself to be. The first Airbnbs we looked at were on the edge of town, but the one we finally settled on, and the cheapest
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 