About a month and a half ago, my friend Phil and his lovely wife took a trip to Europe. And guess what? We got to meet up with them! 🙂 It was great meeting in person ❤
The Rhine 2015: Germany & France
From Amsterdam to Basel
October 3-October 11
by
Phil & Geri
Meet Patty van Delft, photo front & center, & her cousin, Sheryldine van Velzen, next to me. Patty is a Dutch poet & novelist. Her cousin Sheryl is a university student in pre-law. Patty & I connected blogging on our websites since 2013. Geri & I planned this luncheon so we could meet for the first time. What worked best with our tight tour schedule was to get-together shortly after we arrived in Amsterdam directly from Schiphol Airport! Patty & Sheryl live in The Hague, about an hour by train from Amsterdam. Patty is well-published with two poetry books in English; My Wings&My Whisperings, available at https://petitemagique.wordpress.com/ under My Poetry Books at the top. Patty is presently completing her third novel in the series, Dragan Duma, youth…
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How cool is that! 😀
Patty, You humble me to reblog “The Rhine 2015” from my latest excuseusforliving.com . The above photo & caption (Readers: click on “view original” to read all of the caption about Patty & Sheryl “doing lunch” with us in Amsterdam!) says it all. –The efforts by you & Sheryl to make this happen despite our tight tour schedule. –Meeting up with wife Geri & I despite the minimal information you had. –And starting our tour on the highest of notes to meet you after two years, almost to the day, of meeting you through our websites. And that photo! –Your selfie! –The best photo of our time together & one I will cherish! Thanks for this reblog & for meeting us! Love, Phil
Awesome, Patty!