1. The grass is greener
2. All the people are friendly
3. The sea is bluer
4. You can only reach it by boat
5. The sun is golden
6. They have the largest living yarn flock
7. The fleecy clouds are perfectly white
8. I don’t have to work on Texel
9. They have a lighthouse and it’s red
10. Texel is totally relaxed and utterly cool!
11. Last - not least - though eleven, not ten: Texel has Camping De Bremakker

Everybody (little bit exaggerated) in Holland is complaining about the Eurovision Songfestival being an East European Songfestival, but I love it… This is my absolute topper: watch the dancers, in this video but especially tonight! They are splendid. (And although it is not the same you can read a lot about it on this page about Macedonian music and dance: the oro). My vote goes to Hora Din Moldova by the lovely Nelly Ciobanu!

And this, by the way, is a song I can’t forget:

This is no yarn spaghetti, this is sheer happiness. Read on, if you don’t believe me. I have been travelling and had 14 days of spectacular views out of my room. Sea and mountains. Dubrovnik and yodelahiti, the Lienzer Dolomiti. Both in their own ways inspiring. (meer lezen…)