Kollum Aant Mulder: It nije bestjoersakkoart fan de Provinsje

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It hat efkes duorre mar no ha we dan sûnt in goed moanne in nij bestjoersakkoart en in nij provinsjaal bestjoer. Dat nije bestjoersakkoart ha se lang oer dien en it fernuveret my dan ek net dat it in hiel ferhaal wurden is. It binne sa’n 68 bledsiden. Ik sykje fansels daliks om wat se oer ús taal ôfpraat ha. Dêr wurd ik yn earste ynstânsje net bliid fan. It dokumint hat tsien haadstikken en ús taal komt net earder as yn haadstik 8 oan ’e oarder. Ik hie wollen dat se dêrmei begûn wiene. Hawar, haadstik 8 dus! Dat is noch net alles.… Lês fierder

Blog Geart Tigchelaar: Through the streets of Albania

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After we left the busy touristic coastline of Montenegro and crossed the Albanian border, we had the idea of cycling through the heart of the Balkan. For us it was a completely different world. We could see a variety of people along the road, most of them (including cyclists like us) would have been shooed off by the police if we were in the Netherlands: children cycling next to the highway, people transporting hay with their donkey, farmers and shepherds walking their cow or sheep to greener pastures, or people cycling slowly uphill on bikes without gears as old Mercedes cars are overtaking, leaving a trail of black smoke from their exhaust pipes.… Lês fierder