I had a very lovely,thoughtful and warm visit
today from a very good friend who lives in Hoofddorp.Well, if I mention about
Hoofddorp,you’ll probably have no idea where on earth this place is.To make you
feel more comfortable and familiar with the place,I shall say Hoofddorp is a
place close to Amsterdam,and so... not far from Schipol Airport.I think now you
will have a clearer idea where about it locates.Anyway,that’s not the main point
I’m going to talk about now.What I’m telling you is actually my friend came
from more than 200 kilometers,to be precise, a return trip will be more than
400km to see me,to spend a precious
afternoon time with me, I must say,I appreciate her visit and I consider it a little
present that maintains our friendship.
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| Tully in the garden,Castle Terworm,Heerlen |
It was Thurseday evening when I got a merry
phone call from Tully who asked if I had already plan for upcoming weekend. In fact,since the last few
years,I have been reserving Saturday and Sunday mostly for myself and my family.For
at least I need much sleep lately and I don’t want to wake up much early when I
don’t have to go for routine work.Furthermore,I
love to spend time staying home,reading,cleaning for example,and/or
doing lovely things with my kids,especially on Saturday my daughter goes
playing Hockey and very often the team will be on match so I prefer to go
sitting watching the match at hockey field. And on Sunday I would rather spend
peaceful time doing any things that will make me happy as well.
Tully and I have been friends for a long time.And
as our friendship grows,I count her one of my family.I am truely content and jouful after
I heard that she would come to visit me.That’s a blessing.And I certainly open
my arms to welcome her right away and as always.
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| I took Tully and her sister to see Maasmechelen when her last visit in May(2013) |
So I just told her I didn’t have any particular
plan. Only if she would come on Saturday,she might have to go watch hockey
match with me.But yet she said she would come on Sunday.That’s much better,I
therefore planned a lovely and pleasant day for both of us.
So on Sunday, after I got her first sms at
about 8.30 a.m to inform me that she would be in Heerlen already at 9.53, I
stood up and made myself ready to go pick her up at the railway station Heerlen.
Eventhough it’s mentioned on internet and that we have been informed there
would be no train to and from Heerlen this weekend, instead passengers will be
provided with a bus,in cooperation with NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) to
transport them from and to Heerlen to and from Hoensbroek as temporary terminal
this weekend to get on and off train there (relating to work in progress of
railways to Heerlen), the expected arrival time was right on time and so was Tully in Heerlen.
I picked up Tully to my place first. After
lunch and acclimatising, I took her to Castle Terworm for afternoon tea.We
chitchated, caught up with each other and made some few pictures in the garden
of the castle before leaving the place for diner in a Chinese restaurant in
Aachen with another two friends of mine.
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| I Love Castle,so when friends come,I always bring them to visit a castle. |
Everyday is a good day, so is today.Besides,Tully
has made two new friends as well.We all were delighted and had such a good
time.Her visit today was for me “a litlle present” and that will maintain our
friendship.
I brought her back to the railway station at about 6
p.m to make sure that she will be home in Hoofddorp not too late.The traveling
time is approximately two and a half hour from Heerlen to Hoofddorp,but there
may be some delay as it has happened very often with Dutch railways from the
past till todays.So better to take this fact into account and be prepared.
A warm hug of leave-taking was not only the warmth
of amity but also cordiality to strenghten our camradeship.She was going home
with elation and cheerful smile and so was I.
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| I Showed them once the very Beautiful Castle Hoensbroek |
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