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nighthawk Says: My father walking passed the statue right across the river Damsterdiep.Statue by the famous sculpture artist Wladimir de Vries.
nighthawk Says: On May 5th each year the people of Garrelsweer lay flowers at this monument in honour of the death of WW II.A former habitant of the farmhouse in the previous tip was killed in Mauthausen and his name is on this monument too.
nighthawk Says: when the vicar had fallen asleep the keeper said when the psalm was sung: let s start a new, perhaps that ll wake vicar...
nighthawk Says: This is my dad opening the gate to the graveyard. He wanted to check something out yet it was a bit tough to open the gate.Haha, all the more time for me to get this picture :-)
nighthawk Says: Part of the cemetry. At the upper middle/right is the house my brother lives in, hidden behind some old pear treas.These trees always have loads of pears and they are cooked and eaten. Snotty pears I used to call them when I was a kid. Haha, still not am too fond of eating...
nighthawk Says: dated 1630.This stone probably lay in the first church that stood here. It was a Roman (?) building with a separate tower facing East.At a certain time the congregation got enough money to build a new church and so the old one was torn down. Too bad the 'new' church now...
nighthawk Says: When I was a kid I played many a time in this house. Up stairs, in one of the bedrooms, is a cabinet that has a secret hiding place.During WW II some people were kept hidden here.Brrrr, I went in that cabinet...scary!
It is the one and only place in Garrelsweer where you can have a drink, eat some, and have fun with the great host! And language is no problem!
If you pass by in summertime, be sure to make a stop and rest some on the terrace which is just along the water!
Favorite Dish: I love the "berenhap", meatball with slices of onion in between .... but in general they go out of their way to pleasure you! Just ask, talk and I am sure you'll get what you like!
Updated Feb 15, 2012
Address: 2nd turn right coming from Groningen
Phone: (031)596 856111
As you can see, Groningen isn t too far away and so are other larger places.
Have travelled each way by bicycle .
The country side is most beautiful in spring only i fear ;)
Written Dec 6, 2004
nighthawk Says: ONLY!! I just love this sign! Too bad my brother s car weren t there ... he now drives a Dodge pick up lol
Don t go wondering the fields with a bike!!
nighthawk Says: This really is something I shouldn t be telling for it wasn t one of my smarter ideas.... ;-)I decided I wanted to look for the old mill way back in the fields and check it out. I decided to cycle there because I thought there would be some unpaved ways we could cycle...
For the last couple of years tulip fields can be spotted near the little village of Loppersum, some 6 km north of Garrelsweer.
At first I found it weird, as used as I was to seeing cows grazing or grain growing on the grounds where now tulips are growing.
But since it is such a wonderful sight it was not too hard to get used too ;)
Written Apr 25, 2007
nighthawk Says: My father had 11 baby birds this year....3 died...such a pity ...You can see this is a baby bird because it has hardly a tail and fluffy feathers.
nighthawk Says: If you want to learn something about how to breed canaries of a certain go and talk to my dad. His speciality is breeding red canaries and he has even won a regional price with them.
Het Damsterdiep canal runs through Garrelsweer.
Waalewiener Says: This is a canal called het Damsterdiep .and the earlier name of this canal was called Delf. Nice houses on each side of the canal .
Garrelsweer a nice little community in Groningen.
Waalewiener Says: In 1957 Garrelsweer celebrated its 900 years so in 2007 thers will be another celebration and allready plans are being made for the celebration.
A small Village with a big church.
Waalewiener Says: It is nice to see such a lovely church ,it also has a very well kept cemetary .The church is very nice looking, and after several attempts to retsore this church it was finally demolished and in 1912 a newer church was built the church is a dutch reformed church.
Country scene that has wonderful views to watch
Waalewiener Says: On the small roads from the City Groningen to the City. Delfzijl in the northern part of the Netherlands. You will see these little pony's .They are very cute .These little roads are all over the Netherlands and it is a joy to drive these roads by Bicycle or by Car.
nighthawk Says: My father loves to feed the neighbour chicken some grass.When I was but a toddler I loved running with the chicken my father held at the back of his house trying to catch one of the toddler chicken.
nighthawk Says: Since long there s no miller here and the house slowly has turned into a ruine...it seems somewhere in a shed lives a person who keeps an eye on things.... haha can t imagine many kids going up here to set the mill on fire as daddy said but better be safe than sorry ;-)
Garrelsweer once was called "Gerleviswert" and this year (2007) it excists 950 years. Since that time it is known people settled along the Damsterdiep (water) to build an excistance. All sorts...
Garrelsweer, one of the Dutch small villages.
That's her ,it's Nighthawk, it's Roelien,it's my buddy ,she is funny ,wonderful & full of life.We are going for a tour .Roelien is going to bring us to the City I went to school 40 years ago...
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