Family and Travels in The Netherlands &
Family in Maryland USA, 2001
most photos taken by Stan Schaap and
Susan Kramer
1. Tobias, 12 and a half, and
Simon, 14 - Stan's nephews - Victor's sons; January 2001
2. Ma's birthday party; March 2001
Ma, Pa, Simon, Susan, Tobias, Victor
in Stan and Susan's apt.
3. Ma's birthday party; March 2001
Pa, Victor, Susan, Tobias, Simon
4. Ma's birthday party; March 2001
Pa and Susan
5. Groningen - the northern-most
town in The Netherlands; March 2001
street scene
6. Groningen - a university town
in the north of The Netherlands; March 2001
street scene
7. Groningen - March 2001
on the plaza
8. Mother coot with babies in a
canal in Amsterdam; April 2001
9. Queen's Day - a yearly event
where just children perform held in Vondel Park; May
2001
young girl in orange sweater playing
the violin
10. Tobias' 13th birthday party;
May 2001
Simon, Tobias, Victor and Pa
11. Tobias' 13th birthday party;
May, 2001
Ma and Pa (Truus
and Kees Schaap) in
Victor's apt.
12. border
garden lining our front street; July 2001
note windmill at end of street on
canal and Susan (in denim skirt) busily planting ...
13. border gardens; July 2001
Susan planting a new garden - she
turns the pavers on end and fills in with top soil and plants; also a view of
her shopping cart that not only transports grocery but plants, etc. We live one
story up. Each paver weighs 15 lbs.
13a. Border gardens update - August 2007 - 6 years after above photo - Susan feels like Johnny Appleseed. The border gardens now extend down the whole street that you see here:
14. Enkhuizen
- an hour by train north of Amsterdam on the IJsselmeer
(the IJ is considered one letter) - inland sea; July 2001
The IJsselmeer
is a land-locked lake, formerly called the Zuidersee
before the afsluitdijk - dike - was built blocking
access to the sea. The pictures below are of the museum-village showing the way
houses looked in olden days that bordered the Zuidersee.
In pix 14. note boy
suspended in air after jumping off bridge ...
15. Enkhuizen
- old wooden boat in local museum; July 2001
16. Enkhuizen
- Stan with inland sea in background behind boats; July 2001
17. Enkhuizen
- view of the museum-village with canals; July 2001
18. Enkhuizen
- July 2001
refinery buring
oyster shells to make lime; canal in foreground; inland sea in background
19. Enkhuizen
- sparrows eating our left over crumbs of 'appeltaart'
- July 2001
20. Enkhuizen
- fish being dried against wall in museum-village; July 2001
21. Enkhuizen
- fish nets drying out; July 2001
22. Hoge
Veluwe National Park in the east of The Netherlands;
August 1, 2001
Susan looking at sculpture by Auguste Rodin in garden of Kröller-Müller
Museum
23. Hoge Veluwe National Park in the
east of The Netherlands; August 1, 2001, our 1st wedding anniversary. Stan relaxing along savannah portion in
park
24. Christmas dressing our front
window; December 2001
Nativity stable built by Stan last
Christmas - Angelina, our Raggedy Ann doll watching the children pass by as
they look up, and our 'artificial tree' suspended by a line from the ceiling
decorated with 75 miniature lights and 50 red and blue balls.
25. Sharon and Jim are in escrow
to buy this house located in the town of Delmar, Delaware which straddles the
Maryland - Delaware border, 6 miles north of Salisbury, MD and 30 miles inland
from the Atlantic ocean. Pix taken
by Sharon and Jim, November 2001. [note: 3/02
Sharon and Jim have moved in]
26. Sharon and Jim on their steps
with Buggy and Muffit, fall 2002.
more family photos:
Family & Travels in
The Netherlands & Family in Maryland, USA 2001
http://www.susankramer.com/familypix.html
Family and Travels in
California 2001 http://www.susankramer.com/familypix3.html
Photos of Paris 2001
http://www.susankramer.com/parisphotos.html
Christmas in The
Netherlands, December 2001 http://www.susankramer.com/familypix4.html
Family, Friends &
Views of America and Europe
http://www.susankramer.com/familypix5.html
Kröller-Müller Museum
sculpture garden, The Netherlands
http://www.susankramer.com/sculptures.html
Dolls & Bunnies
http://www.susankramer.com/dolls.html
Trip to Emmen, The
Netherlands http://www.susankramer.com/familypix6.html
Memories from the Past
http://www.susankramer.com/familypix7.html
May 2002 - Birthdays,
Polly and Greg, Chicago and California
http://www.susankramer.com/familypix8.html
May 17-23, 2002, Santa
Barbara and Goleta, California
http://www.susankramer.com/familypix9.html
May 17-23, 2002, More Events
in California http://www.susankramer.com/familypix10.html
Western
Europe and the USA
http://www.susankramer.com/ourworld.html
Summer Vacations 2002, Part
I
http://www.susankramer.com/familypix11.html
Summer Vacations 2002, Part
II http://www.susankramer.com/familypix12.html
Stan's Family in The
Netherlands
http://www.susankramer.com/familypix13.html
Castricum, The Netherlands http://www.susankramer.com/familypix14.html
Hoffman and Melocik Family
Photos
http://www.susankramer.com/familypix15.html
Christmas in The Netherlands
2002
http://www.susankramer.com/familypix16.html
Christmas (and more) in
America 2002
http://www.susankramer.com/familypix17.html
Castricum, March 2003 and
Beyond
http://www.susankramer.com/familypix18.html
Castricum, and Father's Day
June 15, 2003
http://www.susankramer.com/familypix19.html
Flowers in the Yard,
Castricum June, 2003
http://www.susankramer.com/familypix20.html
Bluetits
- Pimpelmezen
http://www.susankramer.com/birds.html
Rice family visits The
Netherlands
http://www.susankramer.com/familypix21.html
Trip to Family in America,
September 2003 http://www.susankramer.com/familypix22.html
Garden and Birds in
Castricum, November 2003
http://www.susankramer.com/familypix23.html
Paul Kaspar - 80th
Birthday Party
http://www.susankramer.com/paulkaspar.html
Our wedding photos on
August 1, 2000: http://www.susankramer.com/weddingphotos.html
email and web site: susan@susankramer.com--http://www.susankramer.com