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Here I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international mushroom consultants. MEMOIRS about husband Pieter Vedder, who was a SCIENTIFIC PIONEER in Mushroom Cultivation Education. His practical handbook is in 9 languages and is called the MUSHROOM BIBLE: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html

Friday, April 6, 2018

My 1st Trip to Work in Australia and also Meeting my First Cousin Liz

Well, on June 17 of 1988, it was MY 1st flight to Australia...
Together with Pieter, and his 4th trip.
Yarra River and Melbourne City Skyline
It was a long journey...
Starting out on June 17, with our flight from Atlanta to San Francisco...
Non-Stop to Sydney, Australia where we arrived on the 19th at 6:30 AM and at 9:00 AM we arrived in Melbourne!
Okay, here is our VERY HECTIC schedule prior to this trip:
On Friday, May 13, I flew to Amsterdam, The Netherlands  and on the 14th picked up my Audi 80 rental at Timmermans in Horst, my hometown. To drive to my work in north Germany, on the 15th till the 28th of May.
Fun, driving 160 km/h after the speed limits here in Georgia USA!
We were once again having a wonderful marriage long distance over the phone as Pieter was in Ohio when I arrived in Germany at work!
On May 29, I drove to Schiphol Airport in The Netherlands to pick up my Pieter and we coincidentally met with his two nieces as his eldest niece and Goddaughter, was departing for Saudi Arabia again...
On May 30, we both drove to Germany for a meeting and planning of a training seminar Pieter would conduct in the future. Home by 1:30 AM in the morning... 
On Sunday June 5, my Dad drove in the Audi rental car with us to Düsseldorf Airport and he would drop off the rental next day. We flew to Venice, Italy and bought the lot to build a home and also did some consulting.
Saturday June 11, we got up at 5:00 in the morning and flew from Venice to Milan, Italy and on to Amsterdam, The Netherlands and home to Atlanta, USA...

With ONLY 5 days in-between, here we are now in Melbourne, Australia!
This was work for Campbell Soup as they had purchased a mushroom plant there.
We got picked up by Maureen Scholtens, in our Ford rental car with steering wheel on the right.
Staying at an apartment on the Royal Parade in Melbourne.
Campbell's boss, Paul Bourke picked us up in the afternoon for coffee at his home with his wife Rose.
I'd called my first cousin Liz already upon arrival at the apartment and she came to pick us up for supper by 18:30.
Jet lag? This is me after 2 nights on the plane and NO bed yet!
Here we are at my first cousin's place, she is unpacking some of the gifts I carried for her.
Yes, there are Van den Munckhofs in Australia too, Dad's younger brother moved there.
Two first cousins together from 2 continents: North America - Australia
Happy me and happy Liz after clearing off the table after supper!
We finally hit the mattress by 23:00 but feeling happy.
Wearing my silk Hermès scarf, gift from a Swiss mushroom friend...
Two mornings we drove our Ford rental car the 30 km to work, driving on the left and dealing with those tram tracks too!
Believe me, upon coming home we hardly had the energy after an entire day of doing training, to sit and relax by the fire place. We actually did not need such a luxury apartment with everything in it!
So after 2 nights we moved out and now we are only 14 km from work at The Bundoora Guardsman Motor Inn.
Now called: Parkside Inn Motel.
Bundoora, Victoria 3083
(Adjacent to La Trobe University)
On Wednesday morning while having breakfast, and when it was MY turn for driving to work, we heard a collision on the road in front of the motel; a fatal accident...
Campbell Soup boss Paul Bourke with his wife Rose invited us to dinner at DONNINI'S in Melbourne on Thursday evening.
It won many National & International awards including the 'Ciao Italia Award' for the best Italian Restaurant in Australasia. This award was presented to the Donnini Family by the Italian President in 1982.
On Friday, right after work, cousin Liz did pick me up for a night out; shopping and later we ate at a Greek restaurant.
Pieter enjoyed dinner with Hank Young, (the owner that sold his company to Campbell Soup) at a Chinese restaurant.

Stay tuned for my next post about The Australian Outback in Broken Hill, NSW to visit my Uncle Louis over the weekend...

Thanks for your visit and comments

Related links:
Husband Pieter's 2nd and 3rd Trip to Australia | previous post by me
Trips to Australia | previous post by me
{Angels engraved on lucky calendar coin of 1969} | previous post by me
{My Teacher, Mentor, BOSS & Husband over 44+ Years} | previous post by me


Monday, April 2, 2018

Husband Pieter's 2nd and 3rd Trip to Australia

There were two more solo trips for husband Pieter, before we went together to Australia...
Sydney from above in 1981...
This was a gift and it is hanging in our staircase area.
Pieter, did enter Australia on August 14, 1981 and he left on August 20, 1981.
Pieter did attend the Eleventh International Scientific Congress on the Cultivation of Edible Fungi or XI ISCCEF in Sydney 1981
The only photo we have is this, where Pieter stands looking up, with his leather bag.
This was at the John Baker Mushroom farm visit.
BOULDER OPAL
QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA
DARRELL JAMES
XI ISCCEF 81
A special one day mail stamp from the XI ISCCEF SYDNEY 1981
SYDNEY NSW 2000
14 AUG 1981
Australian Fungi
PHILATELIC BUREAU
MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA 3000
19 AUG 1981



Another trip for husband Pieter, to Australia came up quite unexpectedly.
On Friday, May 15, in 1987 around noon, Pieter got the message from his Campbell Soup boss, that he had to go to Australia on the 23rd of May!
That was at the time that my Parents had flown back with us, coming from Amsterdam, The Netherlands to Atlanta/USA for their very 1st flight! 
Staying with us for one month.

On May 16, I flew together with Mom & Dad to Amsterdam and on Monday 18, I drove the 290 km to Rechterfeld, north Germany to work at a big mushroom farm.
Pieter was in Canada for Campbell Soup on the 18th.
Happy because I got to see 3 x in a row the Japanese Magnolias bloom...
Dublin, Georgia/USA
 Horst my hometown in The Netherlands
 and again in north Germany!

May 21, Pieter called from Canada and home in Dublin, Georgia on the 22nd.
Pieter left for Australia on Saturday, the 23rd of May, arriving in Melbourne on May 25...
May 27, Pieter called me in Germany, from Australia.
On May 31, Pieter left from Sydney, back to the USA...
Monday, June 1, he got back home in Dublin, GA/USA and called me in Horst, The Netherlands and on June 3, I flew back home to Atlanta with Dutch business man Jan Thielen, my youngest brother's boss.

Happy to be united!

We lived a very intense and busy life... but gathered lots of fond memories!

Thanks for your visit and comments.

Related links:
Trips to Australia | previous post by me
{Angels engraved on lucky calendar coin of 1969} | previous post by me
{My Teacher, Mentor, BOSS & Husband over 44+ Years} | previous post by me


HAPPY EASTER 2018

Already for quite a while I had the photos...
So, here I will use them for wishing all my readers a HAPPY EASTER 2018!
Yes, one of my sewing creations, quilted and padded place mats with matching napkins.
Photo got made on Sunday, March 20 of 2005
Gero Zilmeta 528 Menuet silverware and for dessert the Bridal Rose by Alvin in sterling silver.
Fragrant daffodils...
Used here in a table setting for a dear friend on her birthday in 2007
Same as the 1st photo but now with flash light.
Those picture frames are always lovely for individual use at table.
Round silver napkin rings we had made in Indonesia.

Wishing you a HAPPY EASTER WEEKEND!



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