The next day it was time to drive to Eindhoven to visit dad. And after that to our friends Volker and Martina in Bottrop, Germany. One thing on the agenda for that weekend was to visit our first Christmas market at the CentrO mall in Oberhausen… » full post and pics!
We stayed an extra night in Nieuw-Vennep, so we had time to do something in the area with Ton. We chose to go see the North Sea in Zandvoort!
After an incredibly good night’s sleep back in our hotel, we had breakfast in … » full post and pics!
With dad being 101, we can’t stay away for years at a time. So we went back to visit again this past year. We pushed the date a little bit, so we could combine the visits with Christmas markets in Holland and Germany! While we … » full post and pics!
Happy New Year from our home to yours!
We rang out the old year, old decade even, at the tenth edition of our Dutch New Year’s Eve Party!
In the second year that we celebrated the end-of-year here in Canada, we started our series of Dutch New Year’s Eve Parties. … » full post and pics!
And 2018. And a bit of 2017 as well. Since I haven’t posted about books I read before, I figured I’d include all that I have on my tiny list since I started it in 2017 🙂
So my friend Kristin’s brother Tom inspired me a few years ago to … » full post and pics!
When we talk about a tradition it is implied that it is a habit that is supposed to stay the same over the years. But we do adapt traditions over time, we mold them to our changing lives, circumstances and wishes. And some get dropped… while at other times we … » full post and pics!
We want to wish you all a happy holiday season! Here’s our traditional Xmas mail & card:
Our renovation mode continued for a bit this year as the outside of the house got finished and it’s beautiful!! And later in the year our friend Henk built a sturdy and beautiful … » full post and pics!
One of my family’s Christmas traditions was making chocolate mousse, or “heavenly mud” as it’s often called. My mom always made it seem so hard to do. After my mom passed away, my dad and I started to make it ourselves. And then we realized it’s actually pretty easy! My … » full post and pics!
It’s been 21 years that this illuminated Canadian Pacific Holiday Train travels on two routes from Quebec to British Columbia with stops in several Canadian and US cities. But today was the first time we actually went to the Regina event!
The holiday train stops in almost 200 places in … » full post and pics!