Here we are-in the American city of Grand Rapids in the state of Michigan. My three month sabbatical has begun.
In planning this, over a year ago, it turned out that our American friend, Herman De Vries, professor of Dutch and German at well-known Calvin College, would be taking a sabbatical leave at the same time. It wasn't long before plans were in place to do a house exchange: he and his family over to Harderwijk, and we over to ...