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Eanjum Day 3.1

Off to Dokkum in a bit. Th weather forecast is thankfully off, which is very nice.

#fryslân #fakânsje #vacation #travel

Eanjum Day 2.4

We also passed through (E)anjum and did our shopping. Build on a terp, this village is at least 2000 years old. Anyway, the Michaëlkerk is from around the year 1000. There was some money there.

Presumably some of that money came from selling the young oxen south. The “Ochsenstrasse” wound its way south from Groningen, selling oxen along the way, until they reached Cologne and the trip ended.

Auto-generated description: A quiet residential street is lined with brick houses featuring sloped roofs, potted plants, and outdoor seating under an overcast sky.

Auto-generated description: A historic brick church stands behind a graveyard with numerous headstones surrounded by green grass and trees with autumn leaves.

Auto-generated description: A historic brick church with a tall steeple stands beside a graveyard filled with numerous headstones and lush greenery.

Auto-generated description: A historic brick church with a tall steeple is surrounded by an old cemetery with numerous gravestones.

#fryslân #fakânsje #vacation #travel #photo

Eanjum Day 2.2

Noon, the sun has broken through the low clouds. Our bikes are go.

Location: Lauwersoog
Height: 11
Coordinates: 53,41 - 6,19
Weather: 19 °C and Mostly cloudy

#fryslân #fakânsje #vacation #travel #checkin

Eanjum Day 2.1

A bit grey, cloudy and just a hint of raising fog. <auto carot briefly suggested raisin fog, yum>

We’ll cycle to the see, as we are at the #Waddenzee it may involve looking at mud.

#fryslan #fakânsje #vacation #travel

Eanjum Day 1.3

Ik weet niet of ik het idee van een alcoholvrij #trappistenbier wel goedkeur

#fryslan #fakânsje #vacation #travel

Eanjum Day 1.2

Travel ready. Fryslan, here we come. Here we are, actually.

Hoj Fryslan.

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Eanjum Day 1.1

As is our usual routine, packing was done in the morning, or rather is being done in the morning.

The weather is great for travelling but will, of course, turn when we get there.

When the kids grew up we anticipated packing less once they had flown the nest, but this is not what is happening, at all.

#fryslan #fakânsje #vacation #travel

Keramikmuseum Westerwald

Today visit was a little frustrating.

Nice exhibits, appropriately labelled, starting with Roman period earthenware and continuing to contemporary and technical ceramics.

How clay is dug, how a potters wheel is used, how stoneware is burnt, including a very nice replica Kannenofen.

Of course Bartmänner are also on display.

Several ornate, brown ceramic jugs with embossed designs and facial features are displayed in a glass case.

Some of the connections to Siegburg, Raeren, Frechen, Cologne are mentioned, but, of the complex trade that carried the finished wares all over the world, no mention.

Of how the decorations on the stoneware aimed at a growing affluent group of lesser nobility, clergy and trades and let the potters compete with cheaper earthenware and more expensive pewter, no word.

A wall features multiple shelves filled with rows of vintage, brownish stoneware bottles, creating a visually striking display.

There is a whole wall of stoneware bottles. There is a mention, that they were produced to order for Portuguese wine, English gin, sparkling water… But again, no mention of the trade routes.

The website is better, but has no links to sources. Still, if you are close, a fun morning or afternoon.

#historycycle #RhenishStoneware #photography #fotografie @photography@fedigroups.social

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