A Sunday walk with Mare
This afternoon I joined Bart, Kaya and Mare (team Kriebevel) on a walk/geocache hunt through Vijfhuizen. Mare is at a very fun age now, she walks and starts to talk, which is a lot of fun! She also...
View ArticleSeptember in the Netherlands
I spent most of September in the Netherlands with my family. It was nice to be back home for a bit longer than usual! It had been much too long, especially during the last phase of my PhD I hardly had...
View ArticleChristmas break part 1: The Netherlands
Happy 2010 everyone! Hope you all had a nice break Ours was very nice and relaxing. I’ll post some photos from the past weeks in the coming days, today part 1: The Netherlands. We were very lucky to...
View ArticleButterflies
Last Wednesday I visited the botanical garden of the University of Utrecht with my mum. I’ve never really liked the campus of this university, it’s full of very big modern buildings (I prefer the old...
View ArticleUitwaaien in the Netherlands
The main reason I was in the Netherlands last week, was to attend the wedding of my friend Marjon. We’ve been friends since we were 4 years old, best friends all the way through primary school and even...
View ArticleWinter Wonder-Netherlands
We flew to the Netherlands two days before my (dreaded ) 30th birthday. When we arrived, my whole family was there to greet us! Not just my parents and brothers and sister, but the whole extended...
View ArticleFamily Visits
I just got back from more than a week in the Netherlands it was an unexpected, last-minute visit. My brother Bart turned 30 and I decided to surprise him and show up at the party that my parents and...
View ArticleCycling Home
When I’m in the Netherlands, I usually spent some time with my brother and his family. They live in Haarlem, about half an hour by bike from my parents. When the weather is nice, I take the long and...
View ArticleTexel
After my brother’s birthday and the weekend full of family visits, I went to Texel for 5 days with my parents. Texel is one of the Dutch islands (like Vlieland and Terschelling). Texel is the largest...
View ArticleFlying Dutchman
My youngest brother has become a flying Dutchman He got his Private Pilot License early this summer, and has been taking friends and families on flights across the Netherlands. I kept getting emails...
View ArticleHyacinths & Tulips
I spent a couple of days in the Netherlands in mid April – perfect time to see the flower fields in bloom. It was mostly hyacinths flowering at that time, the tulips come a bit later. I went for a long...
View ArticleRotterdam (Not Just Anywhere)
Sountrack for reading (and understanding the title of) this blog – Rotterdam (Or Anywhere) by the Beautiful South. It had been years since I’d been to Rotterdam, so many that I can’t remember the last...
View ArticleBike ride at sunset
I am in the Netherlands right now, and a couple of days ago I went for a bike ride before dinner, around sunset. From my parent’s place, it only takes about 5 minutes to cycle to the entrance of...
View ArticleAmsterdam Light Festival
On Christmas Eve I went to Amsterdam with my sister for the Amsterdam Light Festival, a festival of light, art and water. My sister had already seen it from a canal cruise, but she wanted to go back to...
View ArticleDordrecht & de Hollandse Biesbosch
Earlier in July I went to the Netherlands to attend the wedding of a high school friend. It finished early in the evening, and I made plans with my sister to go camping and visit an area neither of us...
View ArticleThe Netherlands: dunes & beaches
I spent two weeks in the Netherlands in July (more photos to come soon!), and of course I visited the dunes and the beach several times. I grew up with this National Park Zuid-Kennemerland in my...
View ArticleDe Pontjesroute
During my last week in the Netherlands, my Swedish friend and colleague Jakob came to visit. Of course we went to Amsterdam, but I also wanted to show him the “real” Netherlands – part of the country...
View ArticleLelystad – Ameland – Texel – Lelystad: by plane!
Four years ago, I went flying with my brother for the first time (blog here). I really wanted to go again, but somehow we could never make it work while I was in the Netherlands. But this summer we...
View ArticleBirthday Bike Ride
My birthday was the day after we came back from Florida. Michiel had to work, and I was lazy most of the day. The weather was beautiful though – cold but sunny – so in the end I decided to go for a...
View ArticleDe Rotte
One day in December I rented a bike in Rotterdam and followed the river Rotte (which Rotterdam is named after) almost all the way to its source. It’s a beautiful trip, especially on this frosty sunny...
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