Een poosje geleden was ik in Dijon. Op de terugweg van een fantastische wintersport moest er ergens overnacht worden, tenminste dat moest niet, maar dat wilden we. Het werd Dijon. Bekend van de mosterd, de pain d’épices (een soort ontbijtkoek)…
Browsing Tag
city trip
In the category very special locations for very special book shops: Waanders, situated in de Broerenkerk of Zwolle. During my hotel school and during my work at ‘De Librije’ (a 3 Michelin star restaurant) I lived in Zwolle and absolutely enjoyed…
Berlin should be on top of your list for a city trip. The German capital is such a cool, upmarket, vibey city. You can visit Berlin for the excellent shops and boutiques, old (and new) architecture, interesting museums, some…
I’d like to ask people around me difficult dilemmas, for example ‘never brush your teeth again’ or ‘you can’t ever visit a hairdresser anymore’… ‘Always walk backwards’ or ‘you have to scream to everyone instead of speaking’… Another favourite…
Steak tartare and fries cravings during lunch hour and in Amsterdam? No, worries, I have a perfect place for you! Morgan & Mees, situated in the South Eastern part of the city, not far from Amsterdam’s famous ring of…
One of the most wonderful places I have ever been to during 5,5 years permanent living in the Western Cape of South Africa is the Robertson Small Hotel in Robertson. In a bit over an hour drive from Cape…
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…
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…
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…
Yes, we know by now that Berlin is the new London, Paris and New York in one. ‘What happens in Berlin stays in Berlin. It’s the place to be, etc. etc.’ The germans are hip & happening, young and…