A Friesland road trip
Friesland (or Fryslân in the Frisian language) is a province in the north of the Netherlands. A province with its own language, Friesland has…
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A pretty village called Hindeloopen
My neighbour walked up just as I was about to step into my car. I said hello and told him that I was going…
