Third « rendez-vous » with Beth’s Postcard Friendship Friday meme, after my West African postcard from Senegal, I’m back in Europe to take you to Holland a region and former province in the western part of the Netherlands. Actually, everyone in France refers to this country by calling it Holland, so for us, Holland is the all country, yes it’s wrong, but bad habits are hard to break, right ? This card was sent by a lovely dutch woman I met there called Anika, actually it’s wasn’t friendship at first sight, but a lunch after another, we found ourselves a lot in common. She knew my love for Vermeer’s in particular The painting Girl with a Pearl Earring that you can see in the middle of the windmills. I had a very happy time in my stay in Holland, basically I have worked as freelancer in Maastricht for almost two years. It’s a lovely small city and fortunately who moves two or three times to visited a part of the country with some colleague. Anita is part of my best « souvenirs » of Rotterdam, Amsterdam for the queen’s birthday and The Hague for the Jazz festival, but we never made it to Haarlem but you knows maybe one of this days ?
There’s a lovely daily prayer just above the girl with a pearl that maybe you can’t read :
oh lord, help me to keep my big mouth shout until I know what I’m talking about
I can’t wait to see other’s postcards of the day, if you want to joins us you can link yours here Postcard Friendship Friday !
Happy friday friendship !
What a wonderfully interesting postcard! I have always wanted to visit Holland, as a part of my ancestry is from The Netherlands. It sounds like such a beautiful place.
Thank you for joining Postcard Friendship Friday.
I was married in May–and in 30 years it has only rained three times on our wedding anniversary. My parents were married in August–and here it does not rain then. It is just VERY VERY hot.
I hope you have a lovely day, Miss Grace! Happy PFF!
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Hello dear, yes it’s a beautiful country, and I haven’t seen half of what I could see, but time is still on my side ( I hope so). It’s my pleasure to join you, I wish I could once follow your week theme, who knows when, but I still hope.
So no one of you in the family is concerned by this june weddings. Actually we also never had rain of our weddings anniversary in 7 years, August is good for that at least for now and in France, I can’t tell for all the countries.
I had a busy friday but pleasant. Thanks for stopping by and see you.
Grace, you are like a russian box there always a new surprise in it. In the field of art and culture I agree with you. Have you seen Van Gohn, and Anne Franck’s museums ?
J.L
Thank you coach I take it for a compliment. Yes I can’t miss museums, they are always my first stay in a new city.
So you are the girl I need to see for travel recommendations and advice ? Finally your postcard is a little vintage too. My little girl who is next to me now like the bride, what a surprise. How are your plans for the weekend Grace ?
Try me my dear, if I can help, I will for sure. Oh so you have a daughter, and she have a good taste. Girls are girls mon ami, brides always made us dreaming. Don’t worry, she’s not going to be married tomorrow. Smiles ! The weekend normally tomorrow is to prepare next week and sunday we’ll go hiking.
Hello Grace,
This is a very nice postcard and it’s lovely to see a lot of Dutch in blue on a single postcard. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you also for the kind comments you’ve posted on my blog. I am excited to read more on your page. I believe I will learn a lot. Also, I need to study French because the beau is French. Even though he speaks fluent English and a bit of Filipino (my mother tongue), I think it’s still important for me to learn his language.
It’s nice to meet you here in blogger’s world. See you around and I wish we can swap cards if you are into private swaps.
Cheers from Manila,
Maria
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well hello dearest, I’m so happy to read you here. From what I saw on your blog, you are a very talented girl and I’m sure learning french won’t be so difficult, if you have around someone to speak to from time to time, let’s talk about it later and see if I can share some advice for you to get started.
You know there’s a lovely italian adage that says « the world is a country » and I love it because I feel it more and more. Yes I’m excited to be back on Beth’s meme, and last week I also integrate the posscrossings postcards. Of course I would delight to swap with you.
Anyway « virtually » I’m not so stranger to Filipine my favorite webdesigner is from this country, you can check her website here .
I can’t wait to which postcard you shared this friday.
Great card! I visited the Frans Hals museum in Haarlem many years ago…I keep meaning to return to the Netherlands one of these days! Happy PFF!
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Hello dear, thank you for stopping by and sharing this. Gosh, you have been so lucky and apparently the magic spell of The Netherlands has also touched you. Can’t wait to see your vintage postcard.
Why you never told me you like cards ? Give me your adress and I will send you when I go.
Now you know. I’ll text you my adress dear, thanks !
I want to go to Amsterdam with the kids also, this card is nice. Bisou
I’m sure you will find a good all inclusive for a weekend. Let me know.
During my childhood, I had penpals from various parts of Europe, including the Netherlands. One day maybe my husband and I will get to visit there. 🙂 Thanks for sharing your postcard!
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Thanks to you allison for stopping by this other meme. I also had penpals when I was a kid and that probably has something to do with my love for postcard. See you
This country deserve to be know most for the dutch painters such as Vincent Van Gogh, Rembrandt or Willem de Kooning. Very funny quote.
I agree it’s a beautiful land. I don’t know De Kooning paintings sorry dear. I guess you could share some of your favorite with me. Waiting for you mail.
he Grace never been there dig your style of presentation where can I subscribe to your feed
How are you dear, so happy to read you again. Thanks so much I’m glad that you like my style. Well, it’s not possible anymore to subscribe to a newsletter in the blog. But come by there’s always something new monday, some wednesday, friday and saturday.