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Do you remember what I wrote in my blog three weeks ago? About how I would apply a “tropical schedule” when the outside temperatures would go up to thirty-five degrees and how I didn’t really see that happening in the Netherlands anytime soon? Well, challenge accepted, they must have thought up there in heaven. Today, and …
Weekly blog #141: Heat waves, surprise parties and packing stress Read More »
And just like that, the first holiday of the summer is over. Yesterday night – it was long after midnight already – I came home after a wonderful four-day getaway with my five best friends. Pula, located at the southernmost tip of the Istrian peninsula in northern Croatia, was our destination. For years now, warm …
Weekly blog #140: The perfect getaway with friends in Istria Read More »
It’s the beautiful art of slow living that was invented by the Italians and that they named so very poetically: il dolce far niente. In other words: the sweet art of doing nothing. An endless lunch on Sunday afternoon, followed by lounging in the hammock with your sun hat on, while the languid sounds of jazz …
Weekly blog #139: How ‘il dolce far niente’ became a dire necessity Read More »
As you know, there’s a new blog every week. Every single Monday again. No matter if it’s Christmas or the middle of summer, and no matter if I’m running around at the Eurovision Song Contest or lying on a beach somewhere in the south of Spain. There are times when I type the blog in …
Although summer only officially starts this week, it unofficially already started when considering the fantastic weather of the past week. In the Netherlands, from where I received tons of sunny photos last weekend of family and friends who were at the waterfront, who went out dancing at festivals, who were collecting hay from the fields, …
Hola from Spain! For a few days, I have exchanged Italy for Spain, and even though that wasn’t really planned, I am so happy to be here now, on this Monday morning. However, to come to Alicante this weekend, was in the books for a long time already as I was invited to a wedding of …
Weekly blog #136: An update from Alicante in Spain Read More »
Last Wednesday, my parents returned to the Netherlands after we had spent a wonderful holiday together in Rome and Frascati, a small town in the hills south of Rome. Although it was only the last week of May, the temperatures were already unusually high. Up to 35 degrees, which made it a real high-summer holiday. …
What a week! I started the week in Turin and ended it in Rome. And in between, I enjoyed the lovely weather in the Netherlands for a few days. All in all, I dare say it was a rather messy week. It all started in Turin on Monday morning when I overslept so badly (read: …
Weekly blog #133: From Turin to Rome with a pitstop in the Netherlands Read More »
It’s over, it’s done. The Eurovision Song Contest is officially over. Two weeks that actually felt like two months. Do you know that feeling of throwing yourself into something that’s so much bigger than yourself so you completely lose yourself in it? Something that quickly becomes your first thought when you wake up, and your …
Weekly blog #132: The Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, so how was it really? Read More »
Welcome to… the shortest blog I have ever written! Because despite the fact that I expected to find time for this, nothing could be further from the truth. I would love to update you, but for now that still has to wait a little more. However, I do provide you with a photo of the …
Weekly blog #131: The Eurovision Song Contest has begun! Read More »