André Rieu

  • This is a historical blog however not  so much about a big historical event but more a personal historical tale, which I was reminded of today. In 1991 hardly anyone had heard about Andre Rieu, I know I didn’t. My Mother was getting remarried and I had told her that I would pay for the

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  • Father’s Day

    This blog is about my Dad because it is Father’s Day. There is so much I could say about my Dad, and yet there is so little. For a long time, he had not been a part of my life—18 years, to be precise. Especially in the last years of those 18, I started to

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  • Maastricht is one of my favourite cities. I grew up only about 10 miles away from it and would have visited it numerous times. It is, the most south eastern city in the Netherlands and is well known for its close proximity to Belgium and Germany. It is also the the home of violin virtuoso

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