My cousin Anja and her husband Jan picked me up from Breda. Jan drove us back to Son via some beautiful little dutch villages. Unfortunately it was raining quite hard so we couldn't really get out and wander around.
We then spent some time at their lovely home, with their daughter Wilhemijn, before heading out for a wander around Son.
Son is the village in which my mum was born and raised. We first went to the OudeMeer (Old Lake), which was so water sodden that it was impossible to go very far. Then off to the Sonse Bergen (Mountains of Son - they are really very small sand hills). And finally we wandered around the spire of the old church in Son (the church was burnt down many years ago), and the graveyard and park behind the church. Unfortunately it really was too wet and rainy to fully enjoy it all.
Later in the day Evert Jan joined us for a drink. In the evening we had a lovely homemade dinner before heading back to Breda. On the way we stopped by the Van Gogh "Megaportret", which is a copy of the van Gogh self Portrait, made up with stones, flowers and various natural materials. It is in Nuenen, which is where van Gogh spent many years, and which also has the van Gogh museum.
All in all a truly fantastic day.
http://www.vangoghbrabant.com/nl/megaportret
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