I’ve spoken about our little home here in the Netherlands, but I’ve never really shown you just how fine it really is. We live in Hulten, which is the smallest of 4 communities. I think the 4 together are called “Gilze en Rijen”, but I could be wrong about that. The villages are Rijen (16,000), Gilze (8,000), Molenschot (1,300), and Hulten (328 – 330 while we’re here)
Ad and Corry have a wonderful home on a large, deep lot in the middle of town. They’ placed a small mobile home at the back of the lot and outfitted it with all the comforts of home. We’re actually testing it for them, as they’ll be living in it when they sell the house and need a place to live while they build their dream home on the back of the lot. Here, you’re allowed to sub-divide your land quite easily.
At the moment, there is a marvelous garden between the house and our home where we can sit out in the sun or relax under the grape arbour. The birds sing continuously with a composition of blackbird (beautiful songs), doves, pigeons, an “alarm bird”, something that goes “me-me-me-me-me--TWEE!”, and the rooks. The heron visits once in a while, but Corry hates him. He sits by the edge of the fish ponds and does his fishing without any effort!
Our livingroom boasts a leather couch and a wine rack. ’Nuff said. The kitchen has a Senseo coffee maker which has completely converted me to Dutch coffee! We have all the comforts of home here with central hot water heating, a gas range, and a shower with pre-set temperature controls. Set it the way you like it, and whenever you turn it on, it’s the perfect temperature. Pretty ingenious!
Across the street, Pete found an interesting sign. We found out from Ad that it’s a different sort of brothel. You don’t actually rent the girl. You rent the room and then you sign an agreement to share it with her. I’m not exactly sure what the difference is, but it apparently gets around one of the prostitution laws here. It’s a fantastic property, so they must be doing all right!
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