MARIETTE'S BACK TO BASICS

Christmas Once again... So let me show you our hand carved wooden nativity scene with angels from South Tyrol, Italy.  The birth of Jesus is...

 We sure are grateful to photographer friend Gil Gillis for capturing Pieter's 93rd Birthday Dinner with Friends. Pieter is ready for M...

 Having your own home requires ongoing maintenance and or repair... One of the LED lights next to our front door did no longer work. So Piet...

Flying once again to The Netherlands from Atlanta, Georgia/USA for the 37th time. Our 11th trip to Italy by car, in August of 1993, with...

Well, due to the earthquake region we were rather 'shocked' to find out that by law you had to put as much money in the ground a...

In 1972, while en route to Jakarta, Indonesia with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, they first landed in Rome, Italy. The captain called his pas...

On Saturday evening, November 3 of 1990, we flew from Jakarta, Indonesia on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight 838 to Amsterdam, The Netherl...

We did start early that Monday, October 29. Via the mushroom farm and hotel Gallo for picking up the Americans at their hotel and off in...