If you are looking for a relaxed, down to earth restaurant in Amsterdam, with delicious food, friendly staff and good wines/beers, then you don’t have to look any further: Cafe-Restaurant Amsterdam it is! I was there recently and today…
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The Cape winelands of South Africa is one of most pretty vineyard concentrated areas in the world. Nestled between high mountains, surrounded by green hills, olive and lemon trees, dams, birds and unpaved roads, it truly feels like paradise.…
Boerenkoolstamppot. That is the Dutch name of this dish. It’s the ultimate winter comfort food. While kale is becoming more and more popular all over the world (especially in green smoothies), ‘home’ in the Netherlands it’s quite old fashioned and…
The Dolphin Coast of South Africa. That’s how they call the part of the KwaZulu-Natal coast that’s situated North from Durban, between Umhlanga and Tugela Mouth. Sugar Coast, is also a name they sometimes give to this area, because…
Last July I spent my days in Europe, to avoid the Cape winter and to enjoy the long and beautiful summer days near my family in the Netherlands. One evening my brothers and I were invited by our ‘babysitter’…
A few weekends back Amsterdam suddenly turned into a winter wonderland, all in 1 night! I woke up in a white magical world on Saturday morning and all I wanted to do was go outside. And that was a…
Imagine a cold winter’s day with sunshine and snow and blue skies. You go out for a long walk and it’s cold and beautiful and lovely but most of all: cold. You are with loved ones around you, think:…
One of the little things in life can make me very happy is coffee. At home the sound of the coffee machine can make me smile instantly already. At work, where we serve fantastic barista style coffee from a…
One of my very favourite places in South Africa is Paternoster. In earlier blog posts I wrote already why I like this place so much, where to eat and where to stay if you prefer self catering accommodation. Today…
People who never visited South Africa don’t always understand my endless love for this country. They don’t understand the hankering I feel to always go back there. “But you have seen it already, right? Why don’t you go and explore…