"In the 8th century Charlemagne freed the people of Friesland from swearing fealty to foreign overlords “That all Frisians would be fully free, the born and the unborn, so long as the wind blows from heaven and the child cries, grass grows green and flowers bloom, as far as the sun rises and the world stands.”

I am newly arrived here, having started the long journey back in time to my Frisian roots. I think this promise made by Rome to the Frisian people is beautifully transcribed on Andrea Buma's webpage (i-Frisian). A promise of freedom "so long as the wind blows from heaven ..."

And the statement that "every Frisian is born a nobleman - "

Are there any other Frisii in the neighbourhood?

Guodhelda