I usually spend my winters in the Netherlands, unfortunately. Winter in the Netherlands Ever wondered what winter in the Netherlands is like? Well, the Dutch climate is quite unpredictable. We have seasons, but they are not very distinct. Some years our winter feels like autumn. Also happened: a spring that felt like winter or the […]
Selfie Sunday #8 - tango, three girlfriends and two Saluki’s
About 14 years ago, I met my friend Jessica through tango. She gave tango-lessons in my hometown and we became friends. Jessica is a special lady with lots of talents. She is one of the best tango teachers I know, she’s a great chef, gardener and an artist. Ofcourse she’s a cool, sweet woman too, otherwise we […]
Sand sculpture festival Zandvoort
Since beginning of august there are beautiful sand sculptures to be admired in Zandvoort, a beach town in the Netherlands. The sculptures are part of the European Championship Sand Sculpture Festival Zandvoort 2014.
Selfie Sunday #4 - Swinging Amsterdam
Gooooood morning everyone! It’s sunday again; Selfie Sunday. #4. From the look of it, I’m swinging myself through the day;-).
Four bloggers, a skipper and a dog. Part 1.
A man wearing sailor undies and a yellow duck around his hips? Seriously?! What IS this? Well, folks, that’s a soon-to-be-groom and thus key player in a stag party on a boat. One of the many entertaining, surprising, beautiful and fun things you can encounter while doing some canal cruising in Amsterdam. Remember how I told […]
Blogger meetup
I love it when online contacts cross over to the ‘real’ world. In this case a blogger friend from Canada came to the Netherlands to have a blogger meetup with three Dutch bloggers. How amazing is that?!
Happy King’s Day, Holland!
It is King’s Day in the Netherlands!!!! Congratulations, Holland, with the birthday of your king; Willem-Alexander. Unfortunately I have to miss out, being in Singapore today. But I hope that you all have a wonderful day. With lots of orange and festivities! This picture, and the next, I took last year at an official reception, […]
Lovely day at Artis zoo in Amsterdam
As I wrote yesterday, I have a couple more posts lined up about the W Singapore hotel. But I don’t want you to get bored, so we take a break from the W Singapore series. To be continued shortly. Today a totally different topic: Artis Zoo in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. I have to […]
Dutch flowers in da hood
Whenever the sun is shining and providing some pretty light, I like to take a walk through my neighborhood in Haarlem, The Netherlands. Preferably when there is not too much wind , because wind causes flowers to sway and move. And that’s not handy for making pics of flowers. These pictures are from a stroll […]
Friends, food, flowers and a Saluki
Whenever all three of us are in the Netherlands, my friends Jessica, Yvonne and me come together on thursdays. Not every thursday, but regularly. Jessica runs a tango-school, owns the funniest, most arrogant Saluki dog, and lives anti squat in a school. We chat, one of us cooks, another brings champagne. We eat, drink, chat […]