It is with great pleasure that we announce the opening on the 1st of October 2011, of our Real Estate Agency, Hoedemaker & Hudig, based in le Rouret, Cote d’Azur.

With over 30 years of experience and knowledge between them, Francine Hudig and Marcel Hoedemaker can be counted on as a very dynamic and enthusiastic team who will advise you on all your real estate matters, as well as providing a variety of other related services.

This development is a logical step for Francine, who has for the last ten years been the owner manager of Riviera Expat Consultants. Now, along with managing the maintenance of her clients’ properties, she is also in a key position to look after all their requirements in the area of sales or purchases, many of which require expertise and careful attention. Furthermore, with an extensive network of contacts, Francine can also assist with the planning and execution of all levels of renovation or maintenance.
Having done several years of legal studies in the 1980s, Marcel became a real estate broker and joined the NVM. For the past 30 years Marcel’s relevant interests and memberships have been extensive, including membership of the Council of Members NVM, representing the Agents Association of Amsterdam, member of the Rental Division, member of the FIABCI and, until recently, member of the auction committee of the First Property Auction Amsterdam. In 2004 he sold his real estate business and moved to the town of Vence on the Cote d’Azur, a region he has known well for over 30 years and where he now lives.
We would like to invite you to meet us and our colleagues – Philippe Texier, Anouck Kotterer and Jan Harmsen – so that we can discuss your present or future needs in real estate sales or purchases, We look forward to welcoming you at our offices in le Rouret, located alongside Riviera Expat Consultants. For more information please visit our web site: www.hoedemakerhudig.com.

Best regards,
Hoedemaker & Hudig Makelaars

Francine HUDIG
Marcel HOEDEMAKER

AMERICAN DRIVE-IN CINEMA voor de 4e keer IN BREDA
www.drive-in-cinema.nl

Film: “The Proposal” met Sandra Bullock!

Nodig vrienden, familie of relaties uit voor een unieke belevenis met een
Amerikaanse filmavond vanuit de auto!!

Vrijdagavond 18 september en zaterdagavond 19 september organiseert Rotary
Club Breda Mark en Aa alweer de 4e American Drive-in-Cinema op het
bedrijfsterrein van Tigchelaar Breda.
Vanuit je eigen auto, van familycar, cabrio tot oldtimer, kun je genieten
van een gezellige, humoristische film op een megascherm. Via de autoradio is
het geluid van de film perfect te ontvangen.

Een leuke avond uit voor € 25,- per auto. De opbrengst gaat naar de
“Stichting ZOKA, Zomerkampen Breda”

De film is bijzonder, de popcorn is er in zoet én zout, er is Budweiser Bier
én Breda Bier, dus niets staat wederom een fantastisch filmweekend in de
weg!

Ook is er de mogelijkheid om voordat de film begint ter plekke een aperitief
te drinken en van een gezellige barbecue te genieten (catering door Maison
Moes)

De kosten van dit alles?
Toegangsbewijs per auto (maximaal 4 inzittenden)
€ 25,= per auto

Barbecue: 4 soorten vlees, salades, sauzen, fruit en broodsoorten   € 37,50
per persoon
(hapjes tijdens aperitief inbegrepen) inclusief drank . Kinderen t/m 16 jaar
betalen € 20,-

Het programma is in grote lijnen als volgt:
18.00 uur  ontvangst
18.30 uur  barbecue
20.30 uur  aanvang film
23.00 uur  einde

De organisatie is in handen van Rotaryclub Breda Mark en AA. Je kunt kaarten
bestellen voor de film en BBQ via de website: www.drive-in-cinema.nl of
kopen bij Boekhandel “Van Kemenade en Hollaers”.

Stevie Wonder’s performence was, in my eyes, the most beautiful one ; “I never Dreamed you would leave in summer”, take a look here :

I won’t go into the argument about “who’s bad”… I loved Michael Jackson, his life, his carreer, his music, the lyrics he could write, about the human nature, the world… it all meant a lot to me, I am deeply touched by his death.

You have always been in my life, your music helped me, comforted me, brought me joy, tears and hapiness. My first record ever, bought with my own money, was “Ben”… and all your music lingers on, I will never go anywhere without you! Goodbye Michael, Thank you!

HOME ! Click on this and you will be able to discover the website of the whole adventure on this movie, click on “video” while you visit the site so you can see an english version of the trailer I show here in french.

The planet is our home, let’s not become homeless by destroying it !

Three new clients in a few days, that was boosting us to go on because crisis is hanging over our heads like for everybody else. Lucky our clients still have to “maintain” their second homes so we won’t be out of business but paying gets a little “slower”, our invoices are somewhat kept on hold… but we can’t complain !

Today, as I am writing, rain comes down again, awfull, because we have many leaks in our roof at home, several rooms, living and kitchen are filled with buckets to catch the fload !

Our friend, gardener, went up the roof the other day to check on “real bad tiles”, well, he confirms that just 10% on the roof is ok, the rest is all broken, all just pieces of tiles left so no wonder it rains in the house when Mrs Nature pees all over !

We decided to get legal help for our house problems, our Landlord doesn’t want to hear or do something, so we will. We offered him to buy his house a few years ago, he declined our offer (which was much more than the exact value) so now he probably will have to make decisions once our lawyer will go after him.

Last weekend we had a great time, Easter ofcourse, but Philippe turned 40 ! We had a lovely Easterlunch, Foie Gras (Ph favorite, and homemade by Romain), a huge leg of Lamb, wonderful cheeses and a  chocolate cake with a Philadelphia icing on top (not rich at all….) made by Michaela and Dorine ! We managed to put 40 candles on it, it worked out perfect, he blew all of them in one time !!

Since a few weeks we are keeping a little doggy ( a friend who needed to go into hospital asked us to keep her sometime) and she, this lovely little Beagle puppy (10 months) decided to destroy half of our belongings… just to mention one ; the Charles Eames… she actually ate the leather on both sides…. the list would be too long of what she destroyed but she is such a lovely dog that we forget (not about that Eames tho’… our living room now is completely awfull !!!)

Philippe is training her, we don’t know when she will go back to her owner (if ever she will, because he might decide to leave her with us… like he did with Pablo, our Golden Retriever…)

I must admit she is fun, but it confirms I would never choose a little dog, I miss our Paquerette (Berner Sennen) very much, together with Pablo they are the two dogs I prefer and that I  grew up with, we’ve had so many of these breeds, now having this little dog in the house, it confirms that it makes me a little nervous. I keep on looking for her, she barks and runs around the house, I am not quite used to it, but I probably will have too (I’m just getting old hahaha).

I have many other things to say but need to do a little work, this was a quick update, I’ll try to get back soon ! xoxo

Je suis très émue de vous dire que j’ai
bien compris l’autre soir que vous aviez
toujours une envie folle de me faire
danser. Je garde le souvenir de votre
baiser et je voudrais bien que ce soit
là une preuve que je puisse être aimé
par vous. Je suis prête à montrer mon
affection toute désintéressée et sans cal-
cul, et si vous voulez me voir aussi
vous dévoiler sans artifice mon âme
toute nue, venez me faire une visite.
Nous causerons en amis, franchement.
Je vous prouverai que je suis la femme
sincère, capable de vous offrir l’affection
la plus profonde comme la plus étroite
en amitié, en un mot la meilleure preuve
que vous puissiez rêver, puisque votre
âme est libre. Pensez que la solitude où j’ha-
bite est bien longue, bien dure et souvent
difficile. Ainsi, en y songeant j’ai l’âme
grosse. Accourez donc vite et venez me la
faire oublier par l’amour où je veux me
mettre.

MUSSET S’EMPRESSA DE REPONDRE :

Quand je mets vos pieds un éternel hommage,
Voulez-vous qu’un instant je change de visage ?
Vous avez capturé les sentiments d’un coeur
Que pour vous adorer forma le Créateur.
Je vous écris, amour, et ma plume en lire
Couche sur le papier ce que je n’ose dire.
Avec soin de mes vers lisez les premiers mots :
Vous saurez quel remède apporter mes maux.

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Romantique n’est-ce pas ?
Maintenant relisez la lettre de Sand une ligne sur 2…
Et les premiers mots de chaque ligne de celle de Musset.
Tout ceci est authentique, comme quoi ils se marraient bien au XIXe siecle!

Come the day and come the hour

Come the power and the glory

We have come to answer

Our Country’s call

From the four proud provinces of Ireland

Chorus

Ireland, Ireland,

Together standing tall

Shoulder to shoulder

We’ll answer Ireland’s call

2

From the mighty Glens of Antrim

From the rugged hills of Galway

From the walls of Limerick

And Dublin Bay

From the four proud provinces of Ireland

(Chorus)

3

Hearts of steel

And heads unbowing

Vowing never to be broken

We will fight, until

We can fight no more

For the four proud provinces of Ireland

Sung by the Irish rugbyteam it brings out a lot of emotions but here is another version with the Celtic Thunder :