turn the page, start again

I began my journey on Tuesday. I am travelling clockwise around the world. I left behind the South of England and have arrived in The Netherlands, my first destination.

The book I am reading is Rituals by Cees Nooteboom, a Dutch writer who was born in The Hague in 1933.

Two other novels that I have read that were set in The Netherlands are Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach and Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier. Neither of these authors are Dutch unlike my guide for this part of my journey.

I have only been here a short while, only turned a few pages, but I’m already beginning to get a strong sense of the history that is around me. I hope to find out more…

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