Cake

After moving here, I’ve considerably developed my cooking skills. A lot of food in the USA is conveniently pre-packaged or processed for purchasing at grocery stores. Here, the food is a little different and usually fresher. Our family usually goes for unprocessed foods and ingredients in preparing meals. It takes…

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Motorcycles

Today I went with Gerben and several family friends to a motorcycle convention in Utrecht. The convention was packed full of people, motorcycles and all sorts of gear. I am still getting used to riding motorcycles, but I’m getting the hang of it! Location: – Utrecht –

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Old Photos

We went through my fiance’s family pictures and documents tonight. It was special to see faces from the past 130 years that helped create this family, and discern who looked similar. It was incredibly sad as well, to see all these people who are gone and what they witnessed. We…

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Balder

I had quite an experience today aboard the DCV Balder, the ship that my father-in-law is currently working on. This ship is being overhauled in dry dock in the city of Rotterdam, before returning to sea. The Balder is a Deep Water Construction vessel. We wore hard hats aboard the ship…

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Blooms

It is the middle of winter, but there are flowers blooming in our living room. I received a lovely basket full of daffodil and hyacinth bulbs. As they bloom, their scent fills the house with an amazing aroma in every corner.  The Dutch are very good at building more than…

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Cruquius

Today we took a nice trip around the region again, and visited the Museum De Cruquius. The museum is on the place of a former steam pumping station built in the 1800s for draining a lake. I visited here awhile back on my second trip to the Netherlands in May 2010, but…

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Ijmuiden

Along with moving to the Netherlands, I have been introduced to a new form of transportation, via motorcycle. I rode G’s motorcycle on the back for the first time this month. The sun finally decided to come out this week, so we took a drive today. As usual, I made…

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Book Market

We attended a book market event for the Christmas season in Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland. My in-laws organized this very nice event through their own company. G and I took turns shooting pictures of the book market at their company. We sat down to a warm fire and hot chocolate milk while…

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