Thunderstorm on its way??
New edition of the well-known book “My music, my life”, written by Marjorie Rieu.
I loved this book! It is on sale at the Dominican bookstore, the tourist office and André’s web shop.
Mobile office to order concert tickets for 2026!!!!
André’s livestream camera
from the Theater on the
Vrijthof.
Thank you André and Pierre
for what you did for the fans!
Dinner with our daughter Irene at the Piepenhoes
restaurant, and attending the Saturday concert.
Heather Jamieson and Pierre in front of the Theater
To our surprise we discovered
a member of our royal family in
the audience. Prince Jaime
was happily waltzing down the
aisle with his wife Victoria and
their two daughters.
During the intermission we had
a chat an he was willing to
pose for a photo with me.
Prince Jaime de Bourbon
de Parme is a son of
Princess Irene (Princess
Beatrix’s sister) so, he is a
cousin of King Willem-
Alexander. He seemed to be a
wonderful family man!
More visitors!! Our son Martin with his youngest son Peter (12).
Having dinner at Lily’s (restaurant La Chine) and enjoying the concert from our hotel room
July 8th 2025. We had booked tickets for the “Summer evening concert at Slavante”. Music, food, drinks,
friends and a beautiful panoramic view. We were surprised by the variety of the program. Several music
styles, performed on piano, violin (Cisem Oskurt), trumpet (Floris Onstwedder), accordion, double bass.
Nice stories connected the music. We enjoyed a tango dancing couple, and Cisem was belly-dancing.
Celebrating Linda/Richard’s wedding anniversary with friends
and “Maastricht chocolate kisses (in Maastricht dialect:
“punekes”), from chocolate shop and ice cream parlor Darq in
the Smedenstraat.
We visited Fort Eben-Emael in Belgium,
at the other side of the river Meuse.
A Rumanian sand sculpture artist in Maastricht.
In 2019, the historic city wall collapsed. The
restoration of the damage was completed in 2025.
It is now possible to book a guided tour to the
interior of the "Five Heads" bastion.
www.vestingmuseummaastricht.nl.
Our guide was Mr. Koos Consten.
Press and media payed a lot of attention to the André Rieu fans
in Maastricht. A jubilee: 2005 - 2025 = 20 years of Vrijthof
concerts. Title of this year’s concerts: Waltz the night away.
In front of André’s castle “the little towers”:
Beth, Heather, Graham Stevens
In loving memory: Burning candles
for John de Jong and Bill Jamieson.
We missed them.
Peter will never forget the high-five he scored with André,
and the macarena he danced with grandma.
A wear and tear at our
age: not in bed a single
night before 2 am.
Yet, it gives us new
energy! The music, the
friends, the sightseeing,
the excitement, the
experience.
We are happy ducks
that we can share our
“room with a view”
with friends and
sympathize with them
in good times and
bad.
We charge our batteries each year in July in Maastricht. It is more than music. It is an experience.
Ulrike and Linda Bennett, watching Gary on stage.
Dinner with Heather
Heather was our hotel neighbour
We visited friends in Geulle:
Ludo and Jeanine Mesters
and found the tree Jeanine
had planted in Maastricht.
Wonderful!!
To end our holiday:
the last day mussels at Cafe Sjiek