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…
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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…
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…
Breakfast is probably my most favourite meal of the day. Especially if it’s a bit later on the day, and a bit more than a bowl of yoghurt or a banana. A bit more a brunch-style breakfast. It’s the…
During our stay in Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, part from the Kruger National Park, we enjoyed our time very much in the Little Bush Camp accommodation, as you can read if you click on the underlined link. One day we…
Last Saturday it was ‘National Tulip Day’ in the Netherlands; the celebration of the start of the new tulip season. In the middle of winter, it was freezing cold but sunny, the Dutch celebrate a flower. Yes, that’s right.…
One of my favourite restaurants from the last few months is for sure Tschebull in Hamburg, Germany. We enjoyed our dinner her so much, that we went back there 2 days later for lunch! It’s a Beisl, the Austrian…
There’s a new kid in town; Anna van den Vondel, a luxury home-from-home feeling boutique hotel in Amsterdam. A stone’s throw away from Amsterdam’s most well known and beautiful city-park “Het Vondelpark”, this completely renewed and refurbished hotel just…
If God shaped a part of the world all by himself – giving the rest of his staff a day off – the grounds he created on that day, would most definitely include the Hemel and Aarde Valley, near…
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is famous! Well known for her ‘Gallery of Honour’, with Rembrandt’s famous De Nachtwacht (Night watch) and many other paintings of Dutch Masters from ’the Golden Century’, like Johannes Vermeer, Jan Steen and Frans Hals.…