Tracking the every day minutiae during the worldwide adventure of keen gamer, traveller and bar tender : Simon VanderHeyden
Possibly the one reason I included the Netherlands on the Odyssey is that I have family history here. With a surname like VanderHeyden it is no suprise that I have dutch heritage on my Dad’s side. Dad grew up in Holland until he was around 13 years old before immigrating to Australia.
It has been interesting seeing the house where Dad was born and the neighborhoods he haunted back in the day. I saw his parents flat and visited his Aunt and cousin. It has been great learning more about the country that part of my family came from and it makes me wonder what it would have been like to grow up here, surrounded by water and cold.
T see you standing in front of that beautiful little house where I was born and used to play gave me goosebumps
April 25th, 2009 at 11:24 am