The Dutch certainly have a dark history as colonizers but, interestingly enough, my Dutch grandfather (my mother's father) was living in Indonesia in the 40s and early 50s and - working as a journalist - he was taken prisoner by the Japanese and forced to work on the 'death railway' in Birma.

He was traumatized by it and never really talked about this time but, more importantly, he survived.

Before she met my granddad, my grandmother got severly injured and almost died during the bombing of Den Haag ( in 1944 ). Her dad, my great grandfather was killed but managed to protect his daughters.

They both made it, got together and that's why I'm here now, commenting on your post :^)

Life is pretty special and we are here for a reason.

I never tried lekers but they do seem lekker.

I love pancakes with cheese or with cheese and (Dutch) sirup and all kinds of savoury toppings.

Yummy!😋