We spent a mini vacation in Vianden, Luxembourg (three nights in Hotel Petry, re-visiting a campground in Kautenbach and shopping in Diekirch) and one night near Trier with Martin and Christiane. Paddy came to Trier to spend a few hours with us! Next stop: back to Holland for a family … » full post and pics!
Europe – ProgPower & visits
We flew to Toronto and then to Amsterdam on September 30th, so we’d arrive there on October 1st. First night we spent at Ton and Rita’s house and we visited Martijn and Sander in Leiden. The next day we drove to Eindhoven to visit dad and went on to Baarlo … » full post and pics!
Family week in Erperheide, last days in Bottrop
Europe 2013, blog 3/3
Our last leg of the vacation took us to vacation park Erperheide in Belgium, where dad rented a few bungalows for us to come together for his 95th birthday. It was also a good opportunity to invite friends to come visit us, as we were only … » full post and pics!
Vacation time in Hochtaunus
Europe 2013, blog 2/3
After a few days in the Düsseldorf area, we drove to the Hochtaunus region north of Frankfurt. We picked a rural spot to stay and explore that was close enough to Bad Nauheim (where Thorsten lives) and Frankfurt for Markus and Paddy.
August 19
Ahrweiler
Vacation start in Düsseldorf
Europe 2013, blog 1/3
Time to go overseas again for family visits, more specifically this time for Marlies’s dad’s 95th birthday! We also want it to be a vacation. Last time we visited 3-4 people a day in both our home towns and more, this time we will visit several … » full post and pics!
Europe!
Tomorrow morning we fly to Düsseldorf for our Europe trip. Excited! This time we’ll meet less people (mainly German friends we didn’t see the last time) and we’ll be in Belgium for a week with family for my dad’s 95th birthday!
Friday 8/16
6:30am flight AC1112 Regina – Toronto, arrive … » full post and pics!
Crowsnest Highway, home
Time to go back east again… We took the 33 to the 3, the Crowsnest Highway, and went as far as Castlegar on the first day. We had a nice break in Greenwood, a picturesque little town. The second day we drove over the Kootenay Pass where we suddenly had … » full post and pics!
West Kelowna, South Okanagan
Yesterday we checked out West-Kelowna and specifically Glenrosa… this must be our favourite neighbourhood here! We visited Hans and Mathilda Looman and drove around for a bit.
Today we went on a bigger drive, John and Diana took us for a drive through the South Okanagan, to Penticton and Osoyoos, … » full post and pics!
Kelowna!
Besides catching up with John and Diana, we’re enjoying Kelowna! We’ve been to the city centre and the harbour, we love the gorgeous location on Okanagan Lake. We’ve also been driving to Lake Country along the lake and to Mission where we took great pics in Cedar Creek Park with … » full post and pics!