The Netherlands in August- 2019

 Thursday 15th- Wednesday 21st August 2019

 To Verona airport flight with Transavia..

 Landed at Schiphol..

 Some searching for Wim's car..

A sight from La Place restaurant above the motorway

 That's where Peter's ashes lay..

 but he is still alive around and within us 😍

 Finally at "our" B&B "de Iris"

 A warm welcome..

 at breakfast...friday 16th

Irisstraat..

 To "our" seaside Kijkduin at the Hague..

 Modernizing is "in"

 Wim on his birthday..16th august

 We had a stroll and a drink..

 At dinner...barbecue..in Snow-world Zoetermeer..with family and dear friends

 We happily divided our sweets..

 Goodnight folks and thanks Wim.

 1969..Salò with a youth trip "Roy-reizen"

 There I knew Elfriede, Carmen and Chita from Curaçao and Aruba!
They studied in Eindhoven at the time..

We stayed in touch..

 Going home after a VERYYYY nice and happy day with Carmen whom I saw again after 20 years, when she visited us in Castelmella.

 Carmen and friend Theodore at the" Ibis-airport Hotel"

 Saturday 17th..

 The next day in Zoetermeer..

 The AA-lake..

 Lunch at "AA-Zicht" means view on the AA..

 Glutenfree...😋

 Back in the Iris..

 Monday morning coffee with Irma..

 Skyline of the Papaverhof built with Mondriaan in mind..

 A drink with Joyce and Marina..

 after having visited Lies for a tea..

 Giuliano who had been in the centre , joined us..

 Tuesday morning 20th together in the Hague centre..

 A coffee at "Dudok"s..known by "known" people..😉

 A skyline in the Hague's centre.

 Noordeinde..a royal district..

 Noordeinde Palace..

 Je maintiendrai..I will survive..the royal motto..

 Taking subwayline nr3 going home..

 During its construction many archeologic findings..

 Shopping to take back to Italy

 Schiphol 21st august.. coffee with a glutenfree sweet..

 Instead of Milan, we flew back to Verona..Linate closed for work in progress..until the end of October..

 Lake Garda..

 Riva..

 Sirmione's peninsula..

 Verona..

 At home..with shoppings ..

And gifts from my lady-friends

A freshly made packaging..

The day after...🤗

As many buildings even our church was damaged by the heavily downburst on monday afternoon..
also in our court roofing-tiles flew around and broke Giuliano's car front window and a window on our roof!
It was all very frightening..