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RE: Wend on my bicycle and ended up in Dutchland!
Nice! :) Netherlands, Dutchland, Deutschland are so well connected from history that I still question the fact that the Netherlands actually was created as a separate country. Ost Friesland in German is so Dutch, or the Dutch so much like the Ost Frieser for instance :) The picture of Gaertringen is typical German though, quite different to our houses in the Netherlands. But super nice, since this reminds me of the older villages and cities I've been to in Germany, many times since I've been a baby.
Well, in Heiligerlee it was a German, or Dutchman ;-), count Adolf of Orange Nassau, that lead the first battle against the Spanish in 1568. That sort of become the founding of Nederland. Therefore I guess it is German related at least, as is the royalty.
The East-Frisians language sounds a lot like we speak here. So when I am there I can manage, even without German. Although the younger generation does speak their old language less, it is still fun to be able to do so. And I think Nederlanders can also understand wat dee Ost-Friese saegt.
Germans have their own specific building style, places like Papenburg their innercity has some too, for example. But not as colourfull as in the photo of Gaertringen.
Those older cities are beautifull indeed. As Germany is so close to our border I have been there many times, for as long a I remember too.
Super you can get so much of our eastern neighbours. When I was a child I travelled a lot of times in Germany, therefore been to many cities and villages, from North to South of Germany. Lately I go frequent to Berlin, a city I really love to spend some time.
Never been to Berlin, but enjoyed many trips to other places in Germany, like Bremen, Aachen and so on.