tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post8627503493500194586..comments2024-03-25T17:28:41.270+01:00Comments on In Soul: Haarlem, NL: Part 1Ginnie Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-31780634229337529732014-01-01T14:30:03.437+01:002014-01-01T14:30:03.437+01:00We LOVED Haarlem, Jasper, and will want to go back...We LOVED Haarlem, Jasper, and will want to go back one day. It's not that far from Gorinchem! :)Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-20911739579597275782014-01-01T13:53:55.843+01:002014-01-01T13:53:55.843+01:00Wow, great shots. It is cool to see how a 'tou...Wow, great shots. It is cool to see how a 'tourist' sees the city!Jasperhttp://www.jaspervandermeij.nlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-32301252685827781032011-05-24T22:03:51.719+02:002011-05-24T22:03:51.719+02:00Angela: Oh, how fun to see you here! Hartstikke ...<b>Angela:</b> Oh, how fun to see you here! Hartstikke bedankt for stopping by and commenting here. I love that you're from Haarlem and that we got to meet you. :)Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-67969491269554713402011-05-24T15:52:39.699+02:002011-05-24T15:52:39.699+02:00Hi Ginnie,
I was curious after writing you the ma...Hi Ginnie,<br /><br />I was curious after writing you the mail, so I came to see your photos somewhat earlier then I expected. <br /><br />They are beautiful. Not only is photography involved, but other forms of creativity as well, such as the beautiful composition and the eye for detail. Thanks for sharing and...<br /><br />Proud to be a Haarlemmer! ;)<br /><br />Love,<br /><br />AngelaAngela Wende Brandhttp://angelawende.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-42873848928713833982011-04-14T08:06:24.758+02:002011-04-14T08:06:24.758+02:00Margaret: Astrid says the church isn't open f...<b>Margaret:</b> Astrid says the church isn't open for public 'tourism' on Sunday, just for the church service. I guess that makes sense? You know me by now...I LOVE details and trivia and doing these posts. If it helps me remember it all, I'll be happy in the days/years to come. If it 'educates' someone else, I'll be equally gratified! Thanks for your kindest of words.Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-23909011277165258122011-04-04T12:23:04.876+02:002011-04-04T12:23:04.876+02:00...a church that isn't open on Sunday? My kid......a church that isn't open on Sunday? My kids would love that because they could sleep in! I have never seen "The Hiding Place" and will add it to my Netflix list. The detail you captured on this post is amazing. I bet people who have lived in these places haven't viewed it as closely as you have done. Enjoy this most amazing vacation and I eagerly await your "documentary" when you get back. :)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-45382780023641561762011-04-02T17:52:28.400+02:002011-04-02T17:52:28.400+02:00Tor: You're such a sweetheart! And now that ...<b>Tor:</b> You're such a sweetheart! And now that I've met you, you're even better than I expected. :D I love that we'll have time again with each other next weekend, after our cruise. Aren't we all lucky!Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-4019448689236789552011-04-02T17:40:24.335+02:002011-04-02T17:40:24.335+02:00Ginnie,
your have given me a very strong experien...Ginnie, <br />your have given me a very strong experience of Harlem - by words and not at least with your Camera. <br />But now I know the extrodinary quality of your Lense. But no matter of that quality: It's the person behind the Camera and the presentation of the results that do the difference. <br />You without doubt makes a great difference. <br />I love it.<br />See you on Sunday in Oslo.TorAahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05044855607413895442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-56765965047469215782011-04-02T11:17:34.912+02:002011-04-02T11:17:34.912+02:00DB: HA! Don't you love how different countri...<b>DB:</b> HA! Don't you love how different countries lay claim to almost anything. How many times can the wheel be reinvented! :) <br /><br />I love what people pick up on in my posts. The gevelstenen are treasures for me, wherever I find them. I love that you like them, too.<br /><br />And yes, we'll have all all-out duel when I get back and start on Norway. I'll love comparing our experiences!<br /><br /><b>Elizabeth:</b> I love that you have found me again. Thank you. It's such a small world! You'll see a lot more of Haarlem in my next post, all ready to publish on Monday. :)Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-79162002504366906982011-04-02T09:36:57.553+02:002011-04-02T09:36:57.553+02:00I almost missed this Ginnie, but your comment to R...I almost missed this Ginnie, but your comment to Ruth reminded me I must get back to your blog and here you are visiting Haarlem, the home of my parents and my ancestors going back to the sixteenth century. <br /><br />I was in last Haarlem in 2006 and these photos bring that visit back to me but the best pictures I have are those from my imagination based on my mother's stories of her childhood in Haarlem. She lived in the Marnixplein near Oude Grachte Road and often went to mass in the church of Saint Bavo. <br /><br />Your post is so wonderful. I look forward to seeing to part two.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-22819147542423726792011-04-01T23:41:18.442+02:002011-04-01T23:41:18.442+02:00Ah, the real Haarlem! I heard an NPR radio show th...Ah, the real Haarlem! I heard an NPR radio show that talked about how Gutenberg borrowed the concept of movable type from the Dutch, but he cast them out of metal, rather than using woodblock. On the other hand, the Chinese invented the movable type system 400 years earlier. Being half Chinese, quarter Dutch, and quarter German, I am proud, proud, and proud. :-D<br /><br />Your train station photos are fantastic. Amazing that they have a "Derde Klasse" waiting room. Was it much worse than the "Eerste Klasse"?<br /><br />I can't get enough of the gevelstenen. The sandstone-looking one with the angel is fantastic! I want to fly up there and make a rubbing of it. <br /><br />Bon voyage to you and Astrid! You will have a grand time. Stay dry and warm and eat lots of salmon for me. I can't wait to compare photos with you. You will motivate me to go back to my Norway posts. Maybe we can have dueling Norway posts. How do you say dueling for three people? In case Vagabonde joins us.Dutchbabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00844296297519447526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-12342996054921988302011-03-30T17:41:28.084+02:002011-03-30T17:41:28.084+02:00Moi: So glad to see you again! Wonders never cea...<b>Moi:</b> So glad to see you again! Wonders never cease. :) And yes, of course, there will be enough pictures to sink a boat. HA!Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-55403260651797042432011-03-30T15:50:32.209+02:002011-03-30T15:50:32.209+02:00Ginnie, yes I am alive...only not as much on my bl...Ginnie, yes I am alive...only not as much on my blogs :)<br /><br />Great photos.....Holland is such a beautiful place.....we honeymooned there 4 yrs ago :) Love all your pics...looks like a beautiful sunny day out! Have a great trip.....and come back and share the photos and stories!!! Bon Voyage!!! :)Chica, Cienna, and Calihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075584587849773235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-67136826981379588612011-03-30T10:26:24.260+02:002011-03-30T10:26:24.260+02:00WS: HA! Isn't it fun to see what will come u...<b>WS:</b> HA! Isn't it fun to see what will come up next for all of us. Thanks, Susan, for your support. Say HI to Larry.<br /><br /><b>Vagabonde:</b> Isn't it fun that we'll both have shared the same experience by the time we're done! We are so looking forward to the fish. In fact, Diane is fixing fresh cod for us Friday p.m. We're so lucky! Thank you for your kind compliment on my pictures. As long as I have the time, I will keep taking them and uploading them for posterity. One day I'm sure we'll be very happy to go back over them to remember the great times we've had!Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-29446084621088990162011-03-30T00:53:18.374+02:002011-03-30T00:53:18.374+02:00You have so many lovely photographs in this post. ...You have so many lovely photographs in this post. I liked the last two collages and spent a lot of time looking at each picture. You have more pretty pictures in these collages than the average blog has in two weeks of photos. It looks like your day was so sunny in Haarlem, the sky a great shade of blue. You will have a fun time in Norway. I miss all the good fish dishes we had on the ship – so many ways of eating fish, for breakfast lunch and dinner – there were other good things too. Have a great trip and give hugs to Renny and Diane for me. Tell Tor that I am preparing a post on our friend Naomi from the Hollywood Hills. Then I’ll gather my pictures from Norway and get back to my trip there.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-67232724456744859032011-03-30T00:11:17.975+02:002011-03-30T00:11:17.975+02:00Hey you couple of jet setters, uh, or cute little ...Hey you couple of jet setters, uh, or cute little car travelers! Y'all sure do get around and treat us to such fabulous eye candy ... and now a cruise ! So exciting, for all of us! <br /> Thank you gals for all the sharing.<br /> Susanwindrock studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11361331676987978496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-25283282731728616802011-03-29T22:21:24.467+02:002011-03-29T22:21:24.467+02:00Ted: You'll love the windmill! :) And we ha...<b>Ted:</b> You'll love the windmill! :) And we have no idea why GREEN for the clarinet. I've never seen such a thing. It wouldn't be plastic, would it? It had a wonderful sound.Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-11418512651155311512011-03-29T21:17:10.790+02:002011-03-29T21:17:10.790+02:00Another beautiful blog entry. Yes, more train stat...Another beautiful blog entry. Yes, more train stations, please, and I'll console myself by looking forward to, "the most photogenic windmill of Haarem's 7." I give up, why GREEN clarinets? Where does one find green clarinets and the wood to make them?Emery Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764300703571229622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-977312882642334102011-03-29T07:48:14.370+02:002011-03-29T07:48:14.370+02:00Astrid: You know by now that I can't get enou...<b>Astrid:</b> You know by now that I can't get enough of your country. Or, let's say it this way...I can't get too much of it! I love that you are seeing it again as though for the first time, through my eyes. Through my wide-open eyes! Popping out of my head eyes! So much to see everywhere.<br /><br />Thank you for knowing all of this about me. You really do know me! And those gevelstenen are just one wonderful, thrilling part. :) I will love to go back one day to see stuff we missed, if ever we're in the neighborhood. You know how I often say, "I want to see everything once before I see anything twice." :)Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-35651238509125966442011-03-29T07:40:46.897+02:002011-03-29T07:40:46.897+02:00Victoria: Those gable stones are like little trea...<b>Victoria:</b> Those gable stones are like little treasures I find everywhere...like finding money with a metal detector. :) They're so quaint. <br /><br />You sure know how to pick up on the things that rock my boat....like the train station, the synchroncity of things like the Red Bull can and poster, etc. Thank you.<br /><br />Maybe we WILL come visit you instead. Wouldn't we all be delightfully surprised. :) Too bad we can't meet you in Norway, but we'll figure it out one day, I'm sure. Where there's a will there's a way.<br /><br /><b>ET:</b> I know some others who would go just for the food. HA! I had been before, back in 1998 (?), but didn't remember any of it. Now I don't think I'll ever forget it!<br /><br />I love thinking of Cameron in your arms while you're typing. So sweet.<br /><br /><b>PC:</b> Thank you for the travel wishes. And yes. Europe sure does present a gold mine for all us photo enthusiasts! Indeed.<br /><br /><b>Ruth:</b> You have given both Astrid and me a big smile while reading this. :D It doesn't take much to fill our tanks, as you know. These city day-trips thrill us to bits. But thinking about a week's trip of sights and experiences is like dying and going to heaven. I know your 'jealous energy' is totally good. You will share the trip with us in more ways than one. Thank you.<br /><br /><b>Renny:</b> Are we lucky or what! It took several years but IT'S HAPPENING! YAAAAY. We can hardly wait.<br /><br /><b>Karen:</b> We're very excited about Norway, as you can imagine. It's only a 1-1/2 hour flight from Amsterdam to Oslo...so close. Thanks for stopping by and sharing all the pictures I take!<br /><br /><b>Carola:</b> I love it when you stop by and comment here. Thank you. Can't resist that appeltaart, can we. :) So Dutch. I love hearing someone else knows about that Bergen to Oslo train ride. We've heard it's to die for!Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-81567204604435801892011-03-29T07:25:53.424+02:002011-03-29T07:25:53.424+02:00I know you love Holland, it shows and shows, over ...I know you love Holland, it shows and shows, over and over again in your pictures!!!<br />We both can be proud and happy that we are given the oppertunity to travel around in Holland.<br />The railway station is wonderful, I was there many times so I knew what was in.<br />Next stop is Norway and to Ruth, I don't think being jealous is a negative thought, we both know how you say it, you are happy for us, that makes the difference.<br />Beautiful post again and it is amazing how many gevelstenen you saw in one day.<br />We will go back on a Saturday and visit the st.Bavo.Astridhttp://www.picturit.shutterchance.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-35028375273792674932011-03-29T06:03:07.865+02:002011-03-29T06:03:07.865+02:00Ginnie, my expectations are always high when I sta...Ginnie, my expectations are always high when I started reading one of your posts, and again I wasn't disappointed. I love all the gable stones - og gosh, and that appeltaart - with whipped cream of course! Oh yum!!<br />Enjoy the trip to and in Norway. My friend from Bergen has taken the train to Oslo several times and it really must be spectacular. I'm envious!!!Carola Bartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536486322412234854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-88914354077230615402011-03-29T05:12:37.580+02:002011-03-29T05:12:37.580+02:00The cruise trip to Norway sounds lovely, and of co...The cruise trip to Norway sounds lovely, and of course I have been enjoying all your photos of Haarlem. You certainly have an eye for architecture, and I especially love the whimsical embellishments you always capture.Karenhttp://cubbyknits.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-14762357945823189152011-03-29T00:00:19.884+02:002011-03-29T00:00:19.884+02:00To make it short and sweet:
Welcome to Norway - we...To make it short and sweet:<br />Welcome to Norway - we are sooooooo much looking forward to see you and show you around in Oslo :-)RennyBA's Terellahttp://www.terella.nonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-73598647554633587872011-03-28T23:24:00.309+02:002011-03-28T23:24:00.309+02:00Holy cow, this is exciting, but I'll hold my h...Holy cow, this is exciting, but I'll hold my horses.<br /><br />I'm realizing that in all your posts, all the photos, I look most forward to the cafés and appeltaart. :-) The light in that one would have brought me back for lunch too, no doubt about it.<br /><br />Corrie ten Boom! I heard her speak at the Lansing Civic Center. What a story. She was precious!<br /><br />I LOVE the bike track on the stairs.<br /><br />I am so excited for you to be taking the cruise. Knowing Dutchbaby and Vagabonde did it means it is GREAT. And then the train! Oh man! I am jealous too. Is jealous energy bad energy? I hope not! Oh have a BLAST.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.com