As I live in the vicinity of the Kinderdijk windmills, I am always ready to tell something about them. The wings of the mills were used to signal to the other millers. The position of the wings is important. The X position means that the miller is taking a long break. Some of the mills are having a break on these photos.
WINDMILL LANGUAGE For centuries windmills played an important role in the local community: farmers not only visited them with their grain but also with the latest gossip. Because windmills were visible from afar, changes to their appearance were soon noticed. Important events in the community, such as births, deaths, marriages and other festivities were signaled by the position of the sails and the manner in which they were hung. Furthermore, by using certain signals the miller could for example call for the millhand to come, communicate that the mill was temporarily not working or that the miller urgently required work. Even today the mills mark festivities and sorrowful occasions, using the 'windmill language'.
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De Weighing-house in Gouda was built at the Market of Gouda, according to a design of Pieter Post in 1668 The building was mainly used as a weighing place for cheese.
The Waag( Weighing-house) was to be higher than the surrounding buildings. They had to be at least six feet lower than the Waag. The Waag serves now as the Cheese and Trades museum.
Here you see how the cheese was weighed on this enormous balance.
The following photos show the inside of the building now. My friends and I bought and tasted a lot of cheese here.
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Vis-à-vis means literally 'face to face'. Often now used in the sense of 'in relation to'. Origin The term is French and began to be used in English in the mid 18th century. The French spelling is vis-à-vis, i.e. with the grave accent, although that is often omitted when written in English. It is now frequently printed, no doubt to French shrugs and mutterings, as 'vis-a-vis' or even 'viz-a-viz'.
All these photos were taken in Gouda.
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In one of my previous posts I wrote about a unique event happening in Gouda, which is the city of cheese but also of candles. On the second or third Tuesday in December the whole city centre of Gouda is lit by candlelight only with one exception: the enormous Christmas tree at the market place! This tree has electrical lights to protect it from fire. All candles are inside and placed in front of the windows.The town is always full of tourists. In the church Christmas carols are being played which can be heard everywhere. It would be like a fairy tale if there were not so many people. Nevertheless it is still very unique!
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...
It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair...
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My babies were born in May 1967, July 1970 and June 1972. My husband died in the winter of despair in 1999.
"It was the best of Times, it was the worst of Times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only". Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities English novelist (1812 - 1870)
Charles Dickens is renowned for his humour, but A Tale of Two Cities is one of his least comical books. Dickens also uses his humour in the book to show different points of view. The book is full of tragic situations, leaving little room for intended humour provided by Dickens.
The first book of the novel takes place in 1775.The two cities are Paris and London.It's a book about two men, both in love with the same woman. They are Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. Darnay is a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Carton is a dissipated British barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of his unrequited love for Darnay's wife, Lucie Manette.After many adventures in and out of prison, Sydney Carton who looks very much like his rival Charles Darnay, sacrifices his life under the guillotine.
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On Sunday, 20th November and Monday, 21st November, we had a mist hanging over our entire country, causing a lot of problems with air traffic, and car owners had to drive twice as slowly as they were used to. Today, 24th November,the sun is shining again! And everything looks a lot brighter in life! Have a great weekend! And for the American blogging friends: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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In October I had a short break in a holiday resort in Putten, a village in Gelderland on the Veluwe, and joined several excursions. One of them was going to a park where we could see twelve enormous sand sculptures outside. All of them very beautiful see for yourself . Inside there was another collection of sand sculptures all dealing with life at the bottom of the sea. It was as if we walked deep under the ocean, like in Jules Verne's book:" 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"..
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