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After spending a week on my yearly elderly cruise 
My grandparents have both been in the hospital last year (heart attack and I can't even remember what grandma had) and so they weren't quite up for a cruise this year...
Until my mom told them we'd be going to Friesland (northern Dutch province).
They'd still be in the Netherlands and my grandpa is from Friesland so they've been there before and it's known territory.
So my grandparents had a great week (despite the heatwave) and they wanted to go again next year.
And it pains me to say, but the Netherlands isn't my vacation country 
Maybe because I live there and I've seen the water, the polders, the ditches and the flatness (I like mountains and forests with an occasional castle, needless to say I love Germany!).
And maybe because it's just too crowded, there are people and cars everywhere you go.
In fact, if you're reading this and you're living in the Netherlands I strongly advice you to move to another country and take about four million people with you (I'm not going because I like living here)
Not sure if I can stand another elderly cruise next year though 
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Sander Rossel wrote: I like mountains and forests with an occasional castle
Sander Rossel wrote: Not sure if I can stand another elderly cruise next year though
You are doing the good deed by going though, some day your grandparents will not be with you, and you will remember the times you were with them. Worth the frustration IMHO.
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Sander Rossel wrote: more people should do this.
Show them old folks some love
Agreed
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So you were part of the mob traipsing through my town, dripping ice-cream everywhere, and making it impossible to cycle the forest paths!
Bloody foreigners! Stay down south, where you belong!
A wall, that's what we need! Walls work!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I'm only fleeing from all the tourists over here!
Be a tourist or be touristed!
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Yes, Wall-ace is what we need 
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Quote: And it pains me to say, but the Netherlands isn't my vacation country
Denmark, the sensible alternative !
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I'd really like to visit it sometime!
It's supposed to be really dull, but at least they have Lego Land
Denmark and Sweden are still on my list though.
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It depends what part you visit, I found the westcoast of Jutland not very interesting, looks like the waddenzee and Friesland. The eastcoast is more fun I think, more hills and fjords and interesting places like Sonderborg and Aarhus.
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Sander Rossel wrote: Not sure if I can stand another elderly cruise next year though 
Give it a few years, and you may start to enjoy it 
Sander Rossel wrote: And it pains me to say, but the Netherlands isn't my vacation country 
So how was the fine dining on the cruise? Which stamppot did you have?
Sander Rossel wrote: In fact, if you're reading this and you're living in the Netherlands I strongly advice you to move to another country
I live just next to the German border. Forests, some hills, the occasional castle - so no, not moving when I have the best of both worlds 
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Sander Rossel wrote: The crew was mostly Indonesian so we did have an Indonesian buffet.
No sambal added because old folks can't eat spicy food!
A small bottle of tabasco doesn't take much room in the luggage
Sander Rossel wrote: I know myself well enough to know I wouldn't go outside when I'm not on vacation anyway 
You only (allowed) outside for 3 weeks/year?
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"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: You only (allowed) outside for 3 weeks/year?
Believe me when I say it's better for everyone that way
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Are birds of prey also known as nuns?
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Lonely, vicious things with sharp claws and a kill everything attitude?
Yep, them's nuns alright!
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They await the day of the raptor.
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To be followed by the Day of the Jackal?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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Not sure, owl let you know later.
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I think you are making a habit out of these posts
“The palest ink is better than the best memory.” - Chinese Proverb
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Is a Mother Superior habit-forming?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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If they're flying nuns, then yes.
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I'm sure they're related
...coz I remember many years ago the flying nun freaked me right out, and now I understand why.
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I thought those were priests?
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According to this Belgian newspaper the normally so crowded inner city of Ghent looks deserted in the afternoon. Could have something to do with the unusual high temperatures in Europe at the moment.
Nevertheless, I'm putting on my brave face and tomorrow I will visit Ghent and see for myself 
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