Dave, my husband and I decided that it was high time to visit Holland. I'm going to write a few posts about all the amazing art, but the real reason why we visited was to see my father's youngest brother, Louis. He is the last surviving sibling and was 8 years younger than my father Roelof. Roelof Vlietstra 1921 - 2001. My father was Dutch and this is what he says of his story: " On the 10th of May when at dawn, a number of aircraft appeared on the horizon and closed the harbour of Den Helder, … [Read more...]