Today’s pics

named Nico - he's so good with people but must be the alpha dog at the park . . .

in the pix - he's been 'right there' since the flurries started

he got up, came in to ask why we were out enjoying the good weather, and went out again....
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This is a joke. The old part of Amersfoort is called ' muurhuizen ' which means wall houses. Because the old big houses stood against the city walls.
But ' huurmuizen ' means ' renting mice ' which makes this a funny pun.
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The old entrance to Amersfoort city
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Muurhuizen
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A building from 1612, where a famous Dutch regent was born ( Johan van Oldenbarneveld )
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Inside of the cathedral tower ( cathedral itself was blown up in ww2)

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The offical centre of the Netherlands is right where that red laser is, the absolute middle of the country
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A hospital dating back to 1578
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It says ' The building of Muurhuizen 33 was realised in 1578 and until 1907 the first incarnation of the saint Elisabeth hospital was found here. This was the first hospital in Amersfoort.
It offered a place to stay for those patients who were bedbound and deathly ill. '
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The prison tower, no longer used as such.
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Bonus dogs.
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And a new ring for me from my husband 🩷
 
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