We are strolling through the Flower Market of Amsterdam Lots and lots of Tulip bulbs and other flower seeds But the Souvenirs are taking over from the Flowers As one dealer remarked that tourist do not buy flowers they have to move in to small ornaments to survive Au the weather is so cold today and strong winds here in Amsterdam Groete Yster

The price of one Orange =R9:55 What price do we pay for oranges here in SA? say there are 40 oranges on average in a bag that =R400 Wow good place to sell our Oranges Remember Outspan an old SA Brand No more here in Nederland Banned under Apartheid rule, because of Child labor picking oranges Groete Yster en Pollie

Suprize surprise on Morality I came to Nederland thinking the country is immoral and "rotten" What a sober awakening to discover it is not so People are well dressed and behave so polite and modestly In talks to local men across the mean income level it is noteworthy to hear their views to fairness and equality Especially the Moslems and other immigrant groups It is a society with very little violence and tolerance for violence I felt it on myself at the R...

Nederlanders my age well informed We are browsing in a bookshop when I just bumped into a local who happens to be my age and I asked for any English books From our accent he realized I was not from Nederland and when told SA his face just lit up They had as a prescribed litratuur a book of Breyten Breytenbach How fortunate they were as I explained our draconian sensor policy We in SA grew up with so much locked eyes almost like horses with blinkers on Now ...

We took a stroll and saw this lovely sign outside of Small town in Nederland called Dieren The owner says he likes the word Bosveld so he calls his shop that Quite far from SA Bosveld 12 000 km or more? Any case it is cold and wet and raining Groete Yster en Pollie