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The Straussmobile with Ineke, Ruud, Anne & Erik
Ruud, Ineke, Anne & Erik

Some day my husband Ruud (short for Rudolph) suggested we could make a city trip to Copenhagen, Denmark. Then I remembered the Straussmobile-taxi on the homepage of AndreRieuFans.com, owned by Anne and Erik Buch. Webmaster Sally connected us and.... we had a couple of wonderful days in wonderful Copenhagen with wonderful brand new Danish Friends. Anne and Erik picked us up from the airport, holding high a big (calendar) photo of Andre Rieu, so we immediately knew they were the Buchs. I felt like a queen in The Straussmobile, hearing Andre's music. One day Anne and Erik drove us to several impressive castles, for the Danish monarchy has a history of 1500 years and the many Frederiks and Christians (kings) left us an enormous royal heritage.

Near the living castle of the present royal family we saw crownprince Frederik (again!) driving his car. We know his Australian wife Mary is pregnant from their first baby. Did you know that we expect birth of 5 European royal babies in the next few months? We think of our own Dutch (Argentinean) crownprincess Maxima (her second child), Mette-Marit from Norway (second child from her royal husband),Mathilda from Belgium (her third child) and Laetitia from Spain (first child). All of them are crownprincesses and becoming queens in future.

We spoke English with our Danish friends, but we could have spoken German as well, for our countries are so small that we have to study foreign languages at school. So Dutch and Danish people can speak several foreign languages. Sometimes we had a lot of fun! When I did not know a word in English, I said it in Dutch. And.... that word happened to be the same in Danish! To me Danish looked like a mixture of Dutch, English, German and French.

Anne and Erik invited us for dinner at their home, where we met their lovely dog Emma as well. Our city trip to Copenhagen was an unforgettable experience, thanks to Anne and Erik.

Andre Rieu is sure connecting friends all over the world.
 

A little something about us: Ruud & Ineke:

My husband Ruud and me, we live in The Hague (Den Haag), one of the three big cities of Holland. It is situated near the North Sea coast, opposite to England. So we can go to the beach when the weather is good. The children (one son and one daughter) are grown up, live on their own, also in Den Haag. After the children left the house, we started to travel a lot. We have been in the USA several times; we have been in Europe, Asia, China and Africa as well. We love different kinds of music, as long as it comes from the heart! For instance Blues, Gospel, Dixieland & Country music. Did you know line-dancing is very popular in Holland? I am practicing my line-dancing twice a week in a party center named "Condor City" in Den Haag.

I have included photos of our house.  From the street-side you can only see the kitchen window and above that the window of the sleeping room. I want to show you some of our recycling art in the garden. We have a very small garden, but we love our "own part of green". The dachshund (is that English???) is made out of two stones, and do you recognize our beloved violin player Andre? He is in my garden! But unfortunately he rusted a lot, for in Holland it is raining all the time. At present, it is May, he is playing for a clump of forgetmenots. They love it, for they are growing and growing........

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Anne Buch & Ineke Cornelissen

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