22-03-2025 08:26 PM - edited 22-03-2025 08:27 PM
22-03-2025 08:26 PM - edited 22-03-2025 08:27 PM
@Abner There you go… lol…the internet shows me a map of Haarlem… and Frans Hals museum… and I have a copy of the Gypsy Girl in oil painted by an uncle on my wall behind me.
I like pictures too..
22-03-2025 08:44 PM
22-03-2025 08:44 PM
I also love words; I love learning languages, and etymology fascinates me @Appleblossom.. My mother was French and my maternal Grandmother was Belgian and spoke both French and Flemish, which is closely related to Dutch. One of the things I enjoy about the Beatles' songs is the grammar is beautiful.
22-03-2025 09:09 PM
22-03-2025 09:09 PM
I don’t really speak another language properly. Just English @Abner but have sung in many languages.
Flemish background is interesting. My family lived in Brabant before they migrated to Australia. Mother learned piano in Antwerp.
22-03-2025 09:49 PM
22-03-2025 09:49 PM
My Bonne Maman lived in Wallony, I'm not sure where but can probably find out. I'd love to go to Belgium one day, and recently watched a production of The Love of Three Oranges on YouTube done by the Royal Opera of Wallony Do you like opera or ballet @Appleblossom ?
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