After driving through many, many towns the Google Street View Guys finally arrived in Castricum, the town in the Netherlands where I grew up. Both Google Earth & Google Maps now have various streets of Castricum available, although they haven’t made it all the way to the street where I grew up yet, the Bachstraat. This crossing of the Oranjelaan and the Soomerwegh is as close as they’ve gotten so far. Other streets which are covered are: Zeeweg, Van Oldenbarneveldweg, Bakkummerstraat, Vinkenbaan, Ruiterweg, Prinses Beatrixstraat, Mient, and more.
Now I guess I just have to be patient, and sooner or later I can see the house of my parents there…
Het huis van mijn schoonouders staat er alvast op
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=overtoom+17&sll=52.553508,4.674584&sspn=0.000801,0.002283&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Overtoom+17,+1901+Castricum,+Noord-Holland,+The+Netherlands&ll=52.545682,4.663825&spn=0.006355,0.01826&t=h&z=16&lci=com.google.webcams&layer=c&cbll=52.545686,4.663971&panoid=6rzhV62DXYJJlFEHDkl-9A&cbp=12,176.74,,0,-0.61
Hebben ze er een stuk afgezaagd? Ziet er erg asymmetrisch uit…
Did they saw off a part? It looks quite asymmetrical…