Maastricht lunch of veggie pasta and a big cheese ball on top
Pork spare ribs from the local butcher shop *International award winning 2017
Grathem lunch of traditional NL foods (?)
cherry cider
A delicious smoked eel sandwich
eel on a fresh bakery bun of corn nuts and sunflower seeds
Vino on the patio
Granola and Yogurt
Hutspot (a hearty winter potato sausage dish)
Ice tea at Janes house, using ALL the ice in the house. It was explained to me, "in a country that's always cold we dont usually need ice in our drinks."
in Germany, lunch of French onion soup and 3 layer ham and cheese sandwich
Grathem breakfast of very fresh bakery grain bread and spek. (like smoked bacon)
Thick spinach pasta with wild boar in Amsterdam
salad in Amsterdam
my 'free' breakfast at the bicycle hotel (eggs are raw and patrons boil their own)
smashed peas (served cold with lots of garlic and onion diced in)
fish and chips with smashed peas
Gelato, chocolate and coconut scoops
The Grathem house as Jane puts flowers on our plates of fish
The local Bakery
Jumbo grocery store
The Butcher Shop
The "meat bucket" where they throw mistakes (and lucky dogs get treats)
butcher shop
out on a walk we come across a local farmers stand
Ruud in the "best coffee roaster" shop
the coffee roaster ALSO roasts peanuts!
fresh eggs at the Free Range Chicken Place
egg farm
freshest cheese at the friday market
Friday Market
Super Groovy Cosmopolitan shoppers cruise the markets in Maastricht.
Amsterdam - Tulip bulbs.
At the height of the tulip market, bulbs could sell for $1,500eu each.
Then during the second world war they were digging them up to eat...
Hakey gives me kisses
a cup of hot tea on a rainy afternoon
